Lamellodiscus is a genus of monopisthocotylean Monogeneans, belonging in the family Diplectanidae; all species of Lamellodiscus are small worms, parasitic on the gills of teleost fish.
The type-species of the genus is Lamellodiscus typicus Johnston & Tiegs, 1922, a parasite of a sparid fish caught in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
T. Harvey Johnston & Oscar Werner Tiegs, who created the genus in 1922, did not formally explain the etymology of the new name. However, their definition of the new genus "disc well developed, with the accessory locomotory disc (squamodisc) peculiarly modified in such a way as to present numerous concentric rows consisting each of a pair of laterally elongated lamellae" shows that the name refers to the lamellae of the squamodisc (an attachment organ). Such an organ is now called a lamellodisc.
Hosts of Lamellodiscus species are mainly sparids and lethrinids, with very rare cases reported from centracanthids, pomacanthids and pomacentrids.
Species include:
Lamellodiscus acanthopagri Roubal, 1981
Lamellodiscus baeri Oliver, 1974
Lamellodiscus bidens Euzet , 1984
Lamellodiscus butcheri Byrnes, 1987
Lamellodiscus caballeroi Venkatanarsaiah & Kullkarni, 1980
Lamellodiscus cirrusspiralis Byrnes, 1987
Lamellodiscus confusus Amine, Euzet & Kechemir-Issad, 2007
Lamellodiscus corallinus Paperna, 1965
Lamellodiscus coronatus Euzet & Oliver, 1966
Lamellodiscus crampus Neifar, 2008
Lamellodiscus dentexi Aleshkina, 1984
Lamellodiscus donatellae Aquaro, Riva & Galli, 2009
Lamellodiscus drummondi Euzet & Oliver, 1967
Lamellodiscus echeneis (Wagener, 1857)
Lamellodiscus elegans Bychowsky, 1957
Lamellodiscus epsilon Yamaguti, 1968
Lamellodiscus ergensi Euzet & Oliver, 1966
Lamellodiscus erythrini Euzet & Oliver, 1966
Lamellodiscus euzeti Diamanka, Boudaya, Toguebaye & Pariselle, 2011
Lamellodiscus falcus Amine, Euzet & Kechemir-Issad, 2006
Lamellodiscus flagellatus Boudaya, Neifar & Euzet, 2009
Lamellodiscus fraternus Bychowsky, 1957
Lamellodiscus furcillatus Kritsky, Jimenez-Ruiz & Sey, 2000
Lamellodiscus furcosus Euzet & Oliver, 1966
Lamellodiscus gracilis Euzet & Oliver, 1966
Lamellodiscus hilii Euzet, 1984
Lamellodiscus ignoratus Palombi, 1943
Lamellodiscus impervius Euzet, 1984
Lamellodiscus indicus Tripathi, 1959
Lamellodiscus kechemirae Amine & Euzet, 2005
Lamellodiscus knoepffleri Oliver, 1969
Lamellodiscus magnicornis Justine & Briand, 2010
Lamellodiscus major Murray, 1931
Lamellodiscus mirandus Euzet & Oliver, 1966
Lamellodiscus mormyri Euzet & Oliver, 1967
Lamellodiscus neifari Amine, Euzet & Kechemir-Issad, 2006
Lamellodiscus niedashui Li, Zhang & Yang, 1995
Lamellodiscus pagrosomi Murray, 1931
Lamellodiscus parisi Oliver, 1969
Lamellodiscus parvicornis Justine & Briand, 2010
Lamellodiscus rastellus Neifar, Euzet & Oliver, 2004
Lamellodiscus sanfilippoi Amine, Neifar & Euzet , 2006
Lamellodiscus sarculus Neifar, Euzet & Oliver, 2004
Lamellodiscus sigillatus Neifar, Euzet & Oliver, 2004
Lamellodiscus spari Zhukov, 1970
Lamellodiscus squamosus Roubal, 1981
Lamellodiscus takitai Ogawa & Eugusa, 1978
Lamellodiscus theroni Amine, Euzet & Kechemir-Issad, 2007
Lamellodiscus toguebayei Diamanka, Neifar, Pariselle & Euzet , 2011
Lamellodiscus tomentosus Amine & Euzet, 2005
Lamellodiscus triacies Diamanka, Neifar, Pariselle & Euzet, 2011
Lamellodiscus tubulicornis Justine & Briand, 2010
Lamellodiscus typicus Johnston & Oscar Werner Tiegs, 1922
Lamellodiscus vaginalis Byrnes, 1987
Lamellodiscus verberis Euzet & Oliver, 1967
Lamellodiscus vicinus Diamanka, Neifar, Pariselle & Euzet, 2011
Lamellodiscus virgula Euzet & Oliver, 1967
