| Cichlidogyrus philander | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Ancyrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Cichlidogyrus |
| Species: | C. philander
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| Binomial name | |
| Cichlidogyrus philander Douëllou, 1993
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Cichlidogyrus philander is a species of monopisthocotylean monogenean, in the family Ancyrocephalidae. It is ectoparasitic on the gills of the fish Pseudocrenilabrus philander.
The species has been described by Laurence Douëllou in 1993 from fish collected in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe.[1] A complete and detailed redescription of the species, using scanning electron microscopy in addition to traditional microscopy, has been done by Igeh, Dos Santos & Avenant-Oldewage in 2017.[2] These authors used specimens collected from the same fish species, from Padda Dam, Gauteng, South Africa.
Genetic characters derived from the 28S rDNA, the COI mitochondrial DNA and ITS1 rDNA regions distinguish C. philander from all other Cichlidogyrus sequenced species.[2]
- ^ Douëllou, Laurence (1993). "Monogeneans of the genus Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae) from cichlid fishes of Lake Kariba (Zimbabwe) with descriptions of five new species". Systematic Parasitology. 25 (3): 159–186. doi:10.1007/BF00007007. ISSN 0165-5752. S2CID 20296837.
- ^ a b Igeh, Patience C; Dos Santos, Quinton M; Avenant-Oldewage, Annemariè (2017). "Redescription of Cichlidogyrus philander (Monogenea, Ancyrocephalidae) using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and molecular analysis". Parasite. 24: 49. doi:10.1051/parasite/2017046. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 5711379. PMID 29194034.
