Phylum Platyhelminthes Subclass Monopisthocotylea | Rank Genus | |
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Similar Capsalidae, Neobenedenia, Monogenea |
Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogenean, included in the family Capsalidae. The type-species of the genus is Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia etelis . The genus includes only 2 species, which are both parasitic on the gills of marine fish of the family Lutjanidae.
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Morphology
Species of the genus Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia are, like most monogeneans of the family Capsalidae, flat with a posterior disc-shaped haptor which attaches to the gill of their host. Their distinctive feature is a “vagina lageniform, between uterus and right intestinal limb, opening almost midventrally behind cirrus pouch”.
Etymology and curiosity of zoological nomenclature
The etymology of this extremely long name involves three steps:
Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia, with 27 letters and 17 syllables, is possibly the longest valid generic name of the zoological nomenclature for a non-fossil organism.
Hosts
Hosts of species of monogeneans of the genus Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia are parasitic on fish which are members of the genus Etelis (family Lutjanidae), found in deep-sea in the Pacific Ocean.
Species
Only two species are currently known in this genus.