Diplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae. The genus, created by Karl Moriz Diesing,Diesing, K. M. 1858. Revision der Myzhelminthen. Abtheilung: Trematoden. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien :K.-K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei Karl Gerold's Sohn. pp. 307-390 Biodiversity Heritage Library gave its name to the family Diplectanidae. All its species are parasites of the gill lamellae of teleosts. The type-species of the genus is Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857).Wagener, G. (1857). Helminthologische Bemerkungen aus einem Sandsschreibe an C. Th. V. Siebold. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 9, 73-90. Biodiversity Heritage Library
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, many species are included in this genus.WoRMS (2018). Diplectanum Diesing, 1858. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119291 on 2018-10-29 Examples are:
Diplectanum aculeatum Parona & Perugia, 1889 Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857) Diplectanum banyulense Oliver, 1968 Diplectanum belengeri (Chauhan, 1945) Chauhan, 1954 Diplectanum bocqueti Oliver, 1980 Diplectanum chabaudi Oliver, 1980 Diplectanum copiosum Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006 Diplectanum dollfusi Oliver, 1980 Diplectanum femineum Justine & Henry, 2010 Diplectanum flagritubus Nagibina, 1976
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