Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius
| Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Monocotylidea |
| Family: | Monocotylidae |
| Genus: | Potamotrygonocotyle |
| Species: | P. dromedarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius Domingues & Marques, 2007
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Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius is a species of monogenean parasites of Brazilian stingrays in which it infects the gills.[1] Specifically, it infect four different species of stingray: Ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro), Bigtooth river stingray (P. henlei), Xingu River ray (P. leopoldi), and an unidentified species of Potamotrygon.[2]
References
- ^ Lopes, D. A.; Mainenti, A.; Sanches, M.; Knoff, M.; Corrêa-Gomes, D. (2016). "Type material of platyhelminthes (Monogenoidea) housed in the helminthological collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute/ FIOCRUZ (CHIOC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1979 to 2016". ZooKeys (616): 1–75. Bibcode:2016ZooK..616....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.616.8481. PMC 5027761.
- ^ Domingues, M.V.; Marques, F.P.L (2011). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Potamotrygonocotyle Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 (Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae) with a description of four new species". Journal of Helminthology. 85 (4): 353–380. doi:10.1017/S0022149X10000684. PMID 21087533.