Aethycteron is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.[1][2] All members of the genus are parasitic on fish. The generic name is derived from the Greek aithycteros, meaning "darter", due to the fact that its members have been found infecting darters.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Ancyrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Aethycteron Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982 |
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Species
editThe following species are considered valid according to WorRMS: [2]
- Aethycteron ammocryptus (Harrises & Vickery, 1970) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
- Aethycteron caerulei Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982
- Aethycteron chlorosomus (Harrises & Vickery, 1970) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
- Aethycteron lottensis (Harrises & Vickery, 1970) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
- Aethycteron malleus (Mueller, 1938) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
- Aethycteron micropercae Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
- Aethycteron moorei (Mizelle, 1940) Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982
- Aethycteron nigrei Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
- Aethycteron nigrofasciatus (Harrises, 1962) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
- Aethycteron robisoni Cloutman & McAllister, 2017 [3]
- Aethycteron stigmaeus (Harrises & Vickery, 1970) Suriano & Beverly-Burton, 1982
References
edit- ^ a b Suriano, D. M.; Beverley-Burton, M. (1982). "Aethycteron n.g. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalinae) from darters (Percidae: Etheostomatini) in Ontario, Canada with descriptions of A. caerulei n.sp., A. micropercae n.sp., and A. nigrei n.sp. from Etheostoma spp". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 60 (6): 1397–1407. doi:10.1139/z82-188. ISSN 0008-4301.
- ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Aethycteron Suriano & Beverley-Burton, 1982. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=954664 on 2018-08-12
- ^ Cloutman, Donald G.; McAllister, Chris T. (2017). "Aethycteron robisoni n. sp. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from the sunburst darter, Etheostoma mihileze Mayden (Perciformes: Percidae), in Arkansas, USA". Systematic Parasitology. 94 (1): 145–150. doi:10.1007/s11230-016-9687-z. ISSN 0165-5752.