Rhamnocercoides is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All species of Rhamnocercoides are parasites of marine perciform fishes of the family Sciaenidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Rhamnocercoides Luque & Iannacone, 1991 |
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Etymology
editThe generic name is based "in the morphological similarity with the genus Rhamnocercus".[1]
Species
editAccording to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] two species are included in the genus:
- Rhamnocercoides dominguesi Chero, Cruces, Sáez, Iannacone & Luque, 2017 [3]
- Rhamnocercoides menticirrhi Luque & Iannacone, 1991 [1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Luque, J.L. & Iannacone, J. (1991) Rhamnocercidae (Monogenea: Dactylogyroidea) in Sciaenidae fishes from Perú, with description of Rhamnocercoides menticirrhi n. gen., n. sp. and two new species of Rhamnocercus. Revista de Biología Tropical, 39, 193–201. PDF
- ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Rhamnocercoides Luque & Iannacone, 1991. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517980 on 2018-12-26
- ^ Chero, Jhon D.; Cruces, Celso L.; Sáez, Gloria; Iannacone, José; Luque, José L. (2017). "Diplectanids (Monogenea) parasitic on sciaenid fish from Peru with the proposal of Pseudorhamnocercoides n. gen., the description of Rhamnocercus dominguesi n. sp. and the redescription of Rhamnocercoides menticirrhi Luque and Iannacone, 1991". Acta Parasitologica. 62 (3): 541–548. doi:10.1515/ap-2017-0065. ISSN 1896-1851. PMID 28682761. S2CID 2611260.
