Mexicana is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.WoRMS (2018). Mexicana Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1959. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518845 on 2018-08-13 All members of the genus are parasitic on fish.
Species The following species are considered valid according to WorRMS: Mexicana anisotremum Cezar, Paschoal & Luque, 2012 Mexicana atlantica Luque, Amato & Takemoto, 1992 Mexicana bychowskyi Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1959 Mexicana iannaconi Chero, Cruces, Sáez & Alvariño, 2014 Chero, J., Cruces, C., Sáez, G., & Alvariño, L. (2014). Mexicana iannaconi n. sp. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) parasite of Chere-Chere Grunt Haemulon steindachneri (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)(Perciformes: Haemulidae) from the Peruvian Coast. Neotropical Helminthology, 8(2), 429-438. Mexicana littoralis Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1959 For the distribution of Mexicana bychowskyi, see Mendoza-Garfias et al. (2017).
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