''Cichlidogyrus attenboroughi'' is a species of
monopisthocotylea
The Monopisthocotylea are a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea. WoRMS (2019). Monopisthocotylea. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119219 on 2019-02-08
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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 in the family
Dactylogyridae
Dactylogyridae is a family of monogenean flatworm
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") ar ...
(or
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 ...
according to certain classifications). It is a
parasite
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 ...
of the
gills
A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are ...
of the fish ''
Benthochromis horii
''Benthochromis'' is a small genus of planktivorous cichlid fish that are endemic to relatively deep waters in Lake Tanganyika in Africa.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* '' Benthochromis horii'' T. Takah ...
'' in
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...
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Etymology
According to Kmentová, Gelnar, Koblmüller & Vanhove, "the species epithet honours the English scientist and broadcaster Sir
David Frederick Attenborough, in gratitude for the insights and inspiration he gave to so many people to study and protect nature and biodiversity".
See also
*
List of things named after David Attenborough and his works
This is a list of things named after English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author Sir David Attenborough, and his audiovisual works.
Buildings
* David Attenborough Building in Cambridge, which houses the Cambridge University M ...
References
External links
* Nathaniel Scharping, Your Weekly Attenborough: ''Cichlidogyrus attenboroughi''
webpage* Jonas Van Boxel, Une nouvelle espèce pour le 90e anni-ver-saire de Sir David Attenborough
webpage* Ema Wiesnerová, eng Jana Doleželová. Parasitologists name new species after Brno and Attenboroug
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Dactylogyridae
Animals described in 2016
Fauna of Lake Tanganyika
David Attenborough
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