Ancyrocephalus chiapanensis

Ancyrocephalus chiapanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Monopisthocotylea
Family:	Dactylogyridae
Genus:	Ancyrocephalus
Species:	A. chiapanensis
Binomial name
	Ancyrocephalus chiapanensis; Mendoza-Franco, Caspeta-Mandujano & Ramírez-Martínez, 2018

Ancyrocephalus chiapanensis is a species of dactylogyrid Monogenean. It is a parasite of the gills of the maya needlefish (Belonidae).

According to Mendoza-Franco, Caspeta-Mandujano and Ramírez-Martínez, the species resembles other species of Ancyrocephalus but can be differentiated by details of the male copulatory organ and of the haptor.^[1]

The species was found on fish collected in the Rio Lacantún basin in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F.; Caspeta-Mandujano, Juan M.; Ramírez-Martínez, Carlos (2018). "New species of Paracolpenteron n. gen. and Ancyrocephalus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) inhabiting the urinary bladder and gills of the Maya needlefish Strongylura hubbsi (Beloniformes, Belonidae) from Chiapas, Mexico". Parasite. 25: 55. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018053. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6238653.

[Mendoza-FrancoCaspeta-Mandujano2018-1] Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F.; Caspeta-Mandujano, Juan M.; Ramírez-Martínez, Carlos (2018). "New species of Paracolpenteron n. gen. and Ancyrocephalus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) inhabiting the urinary bladder and gills of the Maya needlefish Strongylura hubbsi (Beloniformes, Belonidae) from Chiapas, Mexico". Parasite. 25: 55. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018053. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6238653.

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