Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Monopisthocotylea > Order Dactylogyridea > Suborder Dactylogyrinea > Family Ancyrocephalidae > Genus Ligophorus

Ligophorus mediterraneus Sarabeev, Balbuena & Euzet, 2005

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ligophorus*	Euzet & Suriano, 1977	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Sarabeev, V.L.; Balbuena, J.A.; Euzet, L. (2005). Taxonomic status of Ligophorus mugilinus (Hargis, 1955) (Monogenea, Ancyrocephalidae) with a description of Ligophorus mediterraneus n. sp. from Mugil cephalus (Teleostei, Mugilidae) from the Mediterranean Basin. J. Parasitol. 91(6): 1444-1451
additional source	Vodiasova, E. A.; Chelebieva, E. S.; Shikhat, O. V.; Atopkin, D. M.; Dmitrieva, E. V. (2022). Molecular-genetic approaches to species identification of platyhelminthes of the genus Ligophorus (Monogenea) parasitising flathead mullet. Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding. 26(3): 290-297.
additional source	Boukadoum, A.; Tazerouti, F. (2024(2025)). Comprehensive annotated checklist of monogenean diversity and distribution in Algerian marine fish. Systematic Parasitology. 102:13.
additional source	Özer, A. (2021). Checklist of Marine, Freshwater, and Aquarium Fish Parasites in Turkey. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication No: 62, Istanbul, Turkey,. 311 pp.