Ameloblastella is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.[1][2] All members of the genus are parasitic on fish.
Species
The following species are considered valid according to WorRMS: [2]
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Ameloblastella chavarriai (Price, 1938) Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000
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Ameloblastella edentensis Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 [3]
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Ameloblastella formatrium Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 [3]
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Ameloblastella peruensis Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 [3]
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Ameloblastella unapioides Mendoza-Franco, Mendoza-Palmero & Scholz, 2016 [3]
References
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^ Kritsky, D. C., Mendoza-Franco, E. F., & Scholz, T. (2000). Neotropical Monogenoidea. 36. Dactylogyrids from the gills of Rhamdia guatemalensis (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, with proposal of Ameloblastella gen. n. and Aphanoblastella gen. n.(Dactylogyridae: Ancyrocephalinae). Comparative Parasitology, 67(1), 76-84.
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^ a b WoRMS (2018). Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253718 on 2018-08-12
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^ a b c d Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F.; Mendoza-Palmero, Carlos A.; Scholz, Tomáš (2016). "New species of Ameloblastella Kritsky, Mendoza-Franco & Scholz, 2000 and Cosmetocleithrum Kritsky, Thatcher & Boeger, 1986 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) infecting the gills of catfishes (Siluriformes) from the Peruvian Amazonia". Systematic Parasitology. 93 (9): 847–862. doi:10.1007/s11230-016-9671-7. ISSN 0165-5752.
