Name - Characithecium Mendoza-Franco, Reina & Torchin 2009

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:4388141 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Characithecium

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Original Description Reference

• Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) parasitizing the gills of Astyanax spp. (Characidae) from Panama and southeast Mexico, a new species of Diaphorocleidus and a proposal for Characithecium n. gen. Journal of Parasitology, 95(1), February 2009: 46-55. [Zoological Record Volume 145]

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Recent Publications

• Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) parasitizing the gills of Astyanax spp. (Characidae) from Panama and southeast Mexico, a new species of Diaphorocleidus and a proposal for Characithecium n. gen.
• Characithecium (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitic on the Neotropical fish Oligosarcus jenynsii (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Pampasic region, Argentina, with the emendation of the genus.
• Morphological and molecular data of new species of Characithecium and Diaphorocleidus (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Neotropical characid fishes.

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