''Anchoradiscus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
monogenea
Monogeneans are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. They have a direct lifecycle and do not require an intermediate host. Adults are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both male and female reprod ...
ns belonging to the family
Ancyrocephalidae
Ancyrocephalidae is a family of monogenean flatworms.WoRMS (2018). Ancyrocephalidae Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1968. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160481 on 2018-08-09 The family is considered as a "temporary name" in ...
.
All members of the genus are
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...
on
North America
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n
centrachid fish.
[WoRMS (2018). Anchoradiscus Mizelle, 1941. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253956 on 2018-08-14] [Beverley-Burton, M. (1986). The taxonomic status of ''Actinocleidus'' Mueller, 1937; ''Anchoradiscus'' Mizelle, 1941; ''Clavunculus'' Mizelle et al., 1956; ''Anchoradiscoides'' Rogers, 1967; ''Syncleithrium'' Price, 1967 and ''Crinicleidus'' n. gen.: North American ancyrocephalids (Monogenea) with articulating haptoral bars. Journal of Parasitology, 72, 22-44]
JSTOR
Species
A single species is considered valid according to WorRMS:
[
* '' Anchoradiscus triangularis'' (Summers, 1937) Mizelle, 1941 ][
]
References
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Ancyrocephalidae
Monogenea genera