Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903

Kohn, Anna, Cohen, Simone C. & Salgado-Maldonado, Guillermo, 2006, Checklist of Monogenea parasites of freshwater and marine fishes, amphibians and reptiles from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean, Zootaxa 1289 (1289), pp. 1-114 : 42-45

Family Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903

Diplectanocotyla megalopis Rakotofiringa & Oliver, 1987

Host, site and localities:

Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes (gills)

Quintana Roo ( Mendoza­Franco et al. 2004) , Mexico Loonku Creek, Bluefields ( Mendoza­Franco et al. 2004), Nicaragua Santa Teresa lagoon ( Bunkley­Williams and Williams 1994), Puerto Rico Remarks: Referred to as D. gracilis by Bunkley­Williams and Williams (1994)

Diplectanocotyla sp. Host, site and locality: Megalops atlanticus (gills) Tabasco ( López­Jiménez 2001), Mexico

Diplectanidae gen. sp. Host, site and locality: Agonostomus monticola (gills) Veracruz ( Salgado­Maldonado, Aguilar­Aguilar et al. 2005), Mexico

Diplectanum collinsi (Müeller, 1936) Price, 1937 Syn : Lepidotes collinsi Müeller, 1936 Hosts , site and locality: Eugerres plumieri (= Diapterus plumieri ) (gills) Gerres cinereus (Walbaum) Unknown ( Bunkley­Williams and Williams 1994) , Puerto Rico

Diplectanum sp. Host, site and locality: Eugerres mexicanus (Steindachner) [= Diapterus mexicanus (Steindachner) ] (gills) Tabasco ( López­Jiménez 2001), Mexico Remarks: Referred to as Neodiplectanum sp.

Heteroplectanum kyphosi (Yamaguti, 1968) Oliver, 1987 Syn : Acleotrema kyphosi Yamaguti, 1968 Host , site and locality: Kyphosus elegans (Peters) (gills) Jalisco ( León­Regagnon et al. 1997), Mexico

Heteroplectanum nenue (Yamaguti, 1968) Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987 Syn : Diplectanum nenue Yamaguti, 1968 Host , site and locality: Kyphosus elegans (gills) Jalisco ( Leon­Regagnon et al. 1997), Mexico

Heteroplectanum oliveri Leon­Regagnon, Pérez­Ponce de León & Garcia­Prieto, 1997 Host, site and locality: Kyphosus elegans (gills) Jalisco ( Leon­Regagnon et al. 1997), Mexico

Murraytrematoides pricei ( Caballero, Bravo­Hollis & Grocott, 1955) Yamaguti, 1963 Syn : Murraytrema pricei Caballero, Bravo­Hollis & Grocott, 1955

Host, site and locality:

Cynoponticus coniceps ( Jordan & Gilbert) [= Muraenesox coniceps Jordan & Gilbert] (gills)

Fuerte Amador, Zona del canal, Oceano Pacifico del Norte (Caballero et al. (1955), Panama

Murraytrematoides sp.

Host, site and locality:

Strongylura timucu (Walbaum) (gills)

Unknown ( Bunkley­Williams and Williams 1994), Puerto Rico Pseudorhabdosynochus amplidiscatum ( Bravo­Hollis, 1954) Kritsky & Beverley­ Burton, 1986

Syn: Diplectanum amplidiscatum Bravo­Hollis, 1954

Hosts, site and localities:

Epinephelus labriformis (gills)

Paralabrax maculofasciatus (Steindachner) (gills)

Jalisco and Colima ( Bravo­Hollis 1953; Bravo­Hollis 1954), Mexico

Remarks: Referred to as Diplectanum sp. by Bravo­Hollis (1953) Pseudorhabdosynochus caballeroi ( Oliver, 1984) Kritsky & Beverley­Burton, 1986 Syn : Cycloplectanum caballeroi Oliver, 1984

Host, site and locality:

Stereolepis gigas Ayres (gills)

Oaxaca ( Caballero & Bravo­Hollis 1961b), Mexico

Remarks: Oliver (1984) described the new species Cycloplectanum caballeroi to nominate the parasite described from Stereolepis gigas as Diplectanum americanum by Caballero & Bravo­Hollis (1961b)

Pseudorhabdosynochus capurroi Vidal­Martinez & Mendoza­Franco, 1998

Host, site and locality:

Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey) (gills)

Yucatán Peninsula ( Vidal­Martinez & Mendoza­Franco 1998), Mexico Pseudorhabdosynochus monaensis Dyer, Williams & Bunkley­Williams, 1994

Host, site and locality:

Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck) (gills)

Mona Island, Puerto Rico ( Dyer et al. 1994), Puerto Rico Pseudorhabdosynochus yucatanensis Vidal­Martinez, Aguirre­Macedo & Mendoza­ Franco, 1997

Host, site and locality:

Epinephelus morio (gills)

Yucatan Peninsula ( Vidal­Martinez et al. 1997; Moravec et al. 1997), Mexico Rhabdosynochus hargisi Kritsky, Boeger & Robaldo, 2001

Host, site and locality:

Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch) (gills)

Añasco River ( Kritsky et al. 2001), Puerto Rico

Rhabdosynochus sp.

Syn: Rhabdosynochys rhabdosynochus of Bunkley­Williams & Williams (1994, 1995)

Hosts, site and localities:

Centropomus ensiferus (Poey) (gills)

Centropomus undecimalis (gills)

Mayaguez, mouth of the Guanajibo river, Caria Coya zones ( Bunkley­Williams and Williams 1994; 1995; Kritsky et al. 2001), Puerto Rico