Octouncuhaptor is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Ancyrocephalidae.Mendoza Franco, E.F.; Roche, D.G.; Torchin, M.E. (2008). New species of Diplectanum (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae), and proposal of a new genus of the Dactylogyridae from the gills of gerreid fishes (Teleostei) from Mexico and Panama. Folia Parasitologica. 55: 171-179.WoRMS (2018). Octouncuhaptor Mendoza-Franco, Roche & Torchin, 2008. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717459 on 2018-12-21
Etymology The name of the genus is derived from the Latin words ("eight") and ("hook"), and reflects the eight pairs of hooks on the haptor of the type species.
Species According to the World Register of Marine Species, there is a single species in the genus:
Octouncuhaptor eugerrei Mendoza Franco, Roche & Torchin, 2008 This species is a parasite of the fish Eugerres brasilianus (Gerreidae) from Gatun Lake, Panama Canal Watershed. It has also been mentioned from the fish Eugerres plumieri in Mexico.González-Solís D. & Sánchez-Ceballos L. D. 2012. — Metazoarios parásitos de la chihua, Eugerres plumieri (Perciformes, Gerreidae) en la Bahía de Chetumal y lagunas adyacentes, Quintana Roo, México, in Del Moral-Flores L. F., Martínez-Pérez J. A., Franco-López J., Ramírez-Villalobos A. J. & Tellomusi J. L. (eds), Investigación Ictiológica en México, Temas Selectos en honor del Dr José Luis Castro Aguirre. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala y Sociedad Ictiológica Mexicana, Mexico City: 75-87.
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