Susanlimae

Susanlimae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Monopisthocotylea
Family:	Ancyrocephalidae
Genus:	Susanlimae; Boeger, Pariselle & Patella, 2015
Species:	S. ianwhittingtoni
Binomial name
	Susanlimae ianwhittingtoni; Boeger, Pariselle & Patella, 2015

Susanlimae is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Ancyrocephalidae (or Dactylogyridae, according to the classification used).

The etymology of the genus name is an homage to the Malaysian parasitologist Susan Lim. The authors stated that Dr. Lim was greatly responsible for most of our knowledge of the diversity of Monogenea from Asian Siluriformes.^[1]

Species[]

The genus Susanlimae includes the single species Susanlimae ianwhittingtoni, which is also the type-species.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Boeger, Walter A.; Pariselle, Antoine; Patella, Luciana (2015). "Susanlimae ianwhittingtoni gen. nov., sp. nov. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), a dweller of the gill rakers of Pseudeutropius moolenburghae (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae) from Sumatra". Zoologia (Curitiba). 32 (6): 532–537. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000600011. ISSN 1984-4689.

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[BoegerPariselle2015-1] Boeger, Walter A.; Pariselle, Antoine; Patella, Luciana (2015). "Susanlimae ianwhittingtoni gen. nov., sp. nov. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), a dweller of the gill rakers of Pseudeutropius moolenburghae (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae) from Sumatra". Zoologia (Curitiba). 32 (6): 532–537. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702015000600011. ISSN 1984-4689.

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