Telegamatrix
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Telegamatrix
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Telegamatrix is a genus of Monopisthocotylean Monogeneans, belonging in the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] Species of Telegamatrix are parasite on the gills of marine fish of the families Clupeidae and Leiognathidae.
In the original description of the type-species and genus, Ramalingam (1955) [1] wrote: "It is seldom that an entirely novel animal is found, but Telegamatrix seems to be a unique example in evolution of what would appear to be an ideal copulatory arrangement for a sedentary hermaphrodite, whether animal or lower plant." Indeed, the genital apparatus of species of Telegamatrix include a spectacular "tentacle" as long as an adult (i.e. about 1 mm).[1]
Species
According to WoRMS,[2] the following species are included in the genus:
- Telegamatrix elegans Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1976 [3]
- Telegamatrix grandis Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1976 [3]
- Telegamatrix pellona Ramalingam, 1955 [1] (Type-species)
- Telegamatrix ramalingami Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1976 [3]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ramalingam, K., 1955. A remarkable organism, Telegamatrix pellona gen. et sp. nov. (Monogenea: Diplectaninae) parasitic in an Indian herring. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B (1955) 42: 209-218. PDF
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WoRMS (2018). Telegamatrix Ramalingum, 1955. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517981 on 2018-12-26
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bychowsky, B.E. & Nagibina, L.F. (1976) [New species of the genus Telegamatrix Ramalingam, 1955 (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae)]. Biologiya Morya, Vladivostok, 2, 10–15. (In Russian).
