Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Checklist of monogeneans from Egyptian marine fishes, including some newly collected species

  • Published:
Systematic Parasitology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A checklist of 113 monogenean species parasitizing marine fishes (60 species) from different localities in Egypt is provided. The list is supplemented by eight newly collected monogenean species from Red Sea fishes, off Safaga and El-Quseir. Five of these species are new Egyptian records: Calydiscoides euzeti Justine, 2007, Calydiscoides rohdei Oliver, 1984, Lethrinitrema austrosinense (Li & Chen, 2005) Sun, Li & Yang, 2014, Pseudohaliotrema sphincteroporus Yamaguti, 1953, and Pentatres sphyraenae Euzet & Razarihelisoa, 1959. Furthermore, Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters), Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål), Lethrinus mahsena (Forsskål), Siganus stellatus (Forsskål), and Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell represent new host records. The current study also lists nine monogenean species from the Gulf of Aqaba for which the coordinates of the sampling localities were not clearly defined, but which could also belong to the Egyptian fauna as the gulf is part of the Red Sea basin. Dactylogyrus aegyptiacus Ramadan, 1983 is transferred to Ecnomotrema Kritsky, 2023 as E. aegyptiacum (Ramadan, 1983) n. comb. Entobdella aegyptiacus Amer, 1990, Polylabroides aegyptiacus Mahmoud & Shaheed 1998, Gotocotyla sigani Abdel Aal, Ghattas & Badawy, 2001, Neohexostoma epinepheli Abdel Aal, Ghattas & Badawy, 2001, Neothoracocotyle commersoni Abdel Aal, Ghattas & Badawy, 2001, Acleotrema maculatum Morsy, El Fayoumi & Fahmy, 2014, Diplectanum harid Morsy, El Fayoumi, Al Shahawy & Fahmy, 2014, and Pseudorhabdosynochus chlorostigma Morsy, El Fayoumi, Al Shahawy & Fahmy, 2014, are considered species inquirendae. Paranaella diplodae Bayoumy, Abd El-Hady & Hassanain, 2007 is considered incertae sedis. Allencotyla lutini El-Dien, 1995 and Lamellodiscus diplodicus Bayoumy, 2003 are regarded as nomina nuda.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Data availability

All data generated or analysed during this study are included in both the manuscript and the Supplementary Information files.

References

  • Abdel Aal, A. A., Ghattas M. W., & Badawy, G. A. (2001). Monogenetic parasites of some marine fishes, microhabitat distribution and description of three new species. Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 89, 222–238.

    Google Scholar 

  • AbdelAal, A. A., & Soliman, M. F. (2004). Microhabitat and surface ultrastructure of Neothoracocotyle commersoni and Pricea multae (Monogenea: Microcotyloidea) from gills of Scombrid fish, Scomberomorus commerson. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 34, 117–130 (Abstract).

  • “Abdel-ghaffar” (sic), F. A., “Elgarhy” (sic), M. F., Saed, N. M., & Morsy, K. (2024). Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Tetrancistrum sigani (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) and Haliotrema banana (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae), parasites of Mullidae and Siganidae fish of the Red Sea, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 55, 175–182.

  • Abdel-Mawla, I. H., & Shalaby, I. N. (2014). Some studies on monogeniasis and its relation to some heavy metals levels in Scoberomorus commerson from Red Sea. Abbassa International Journal for Aquaculture, 7, 225–248.

    Google Scholar 

  • Abo El-Ella, R. E., Youssef, E., Sallam, N. H., Hassanin, D. A., & Abouelhassan, E. M. (2023). Prevalence of monogenetic and digenetic trematodes parasitized fish collected from Port Said and Ismailia governorates, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 27, 1207–1223.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Abou Hadied, M., Khidr, A. A., Abu Samak, O., Said, A. (2015). Surface topography of the anterior adhesive apparatus of the gill monogenean parasite Diplectanum sp. Diesing, 1858, with some surface criteria. Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal, 6, 150.

  • Abou Zaid, A. A., Bazh, E. K., Desouky, A. Y., & Abo-Rawash, A. A. (2018). Metazoan parasite fauna of wild sea bass; Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758) in Egypt. Life Science Journal, 15, 48–60.

    Google Scholar 

  • Abu Samak, O. A. (1997). Studies on egg morphology of Ligophorus imitans and L. Parvicirrus (Dactylogyridea: Ancyrocephalidae) and egg development, hatching mechanism and anatomy of the oncomiracidium of L. imitans. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology, 23, 181–198.

    Google Scholar 

  • Abu Samak, O. A. (2001a). Redescription of the monogenean parasite, Ktariella polyorchis Vala and Euzet, 1977 (Calceostomatidae) with a systematic revision of the genus. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 5, 141–160.

  • Abu Samak, O. A. (2001b). On the copulatory organ musculature of the monogenean gill parasite Calceostoma polyorchis (Vala and Euzet, 1977) Abu Samak, 2001. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 5, 61–68.

  • Abu Samak O. A., (2009). Mode of attachment of a polyopisthocotylean parasite, Metamicrocotyla cephalus to the gills of Mugil cephalus through the study of haptoral compartments. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 39, 525–539.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Abu Samak, O. A., & Hassan, S. H. (1998). Microhabitat and distribution of three monogenean parasites on the gills of the mugilid fish, Liza ramada. Journal-Egyptian German Society of Zoology, 26, 273–284.

    Google Scholar 

  • Abu Samak, O. A., & Hassan, S. H. (1999). Prevalence and mean intensity of three monogeneans infesting the gills of the mugilid fish Liza ramada. Journal-Egyptian German Society of Zoology, 29, 39–48.

    Google Scholar 

  • Abu Samak, O. A., & Heckmann, R. A. (2002). A key to the known species of Calceostoma Van Beneden, 1858, family Calceostomatidae with the addition of Ktariella polyorchis Vala and Euzet, 1977 to the genus Calceostoma. Proceedings of Parasitology, 3, 61–78 (Paper not available).

  • Abu Samak, O. A., & Said, A. E. (2008a). Mode of attachment and histopathological effects of the monogenean parasite, Calceostoma calceostoma, on the gill filaments of the wild “meager” (sic) drumfish, Argyrosomus regius. Egyptian-German Union of life Sciences, 55, 27–41.

    Google Scholar 

  • Abu Samak O. A., & Said, A. E. (2008b). Population dynamics of the monogeneans, Diplectanum aequans and D. laubieriand the copepod Lernanthropus kroyeri infesting the gills of the sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax in Egypt. Research Gate. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276387836

  • Adawy, R. S. M., Abd El-Meged, R. R., & Sorour, S. S. G. (2016). Some studies on Monogenea infections in gills of marine water fishes in Egypt. Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 62, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.21608/avmj.2016.166636

  • Akel, E. H., & Karachle, P. K. (2017). The marine ichthyofauna of Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 21, 81–116. https://doi.org/10.21608/ejabf.2017.4130

  • Al-Zubaidy, A. B. (2013). The first record of two polyopisthocotylean monogeneans on gills of the great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda from the Red Sea, Yemeni coastal waters. Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Marine Sciences, 24, 3–14. https://doi.org/10.4197/Mar.24-2.1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Amer, O. H. (1990). Entobdella aegyptiacus as a new species of monogenean gill trematode of marine fish in Egypt. Veterinary Medical Journal-Giza, 38, 419–427.

    Google Scholar 

  • Amine, F., & Euzet, L. (2005). Deux espèces nouvelles du genre Lamellodiscus Johnston and Tiegs, 1922 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) parasites de Sparidae (Teleostei) des côtes de l’Algérie. Systematic Parasitology, 60, 187–196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-004-6346-6

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Aquaro, G., Riva, C., & Galli, P. (2009). Monogenoids from the gills of Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) (Perciformes: Sparidae) of the Red Sea, Egypt, with the description of Lamellodiscus donatellae sp. n. (Diplectanidae). Comparative parasitology, 76, 51–57. https://doi.org/10.1654/4348.1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Azim, A. (1939). Note sur Microcotyle cephalus n. sp., ectoparasite des arcs branchiaux de Mugil cephalus. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 17, 17–20.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bayoumy, E. M. (2003). Monogenean parasites infecting some fishes from the Red Sea in Egypt. Ph-D. Thesis, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bayoumy, E. M., Abd El-Hady, O. K., & Hassanain, M. A. (2007). Light and electron microscopy of "Paranella" (sic) diplodae N. SP. (Polyopisthocotylea; Microcotylidae; Monogenea) from some Red Sea Teleost fishes in Egypt. Beni-Suef Journal of Veterinary Medical Research, 17, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.21608/jvmr.2007.77885

  • Bayoumy, E. M., & Abd El-Monem, S. A. (2011). Surface topography and spermiogenesis of Lamellodiscus diplodicus (Monogenea, Diplectanidae), a parasite of Gerres oyena “(teleostei, Gerridae)” (sic) from the Suez Gulf, Egypt. Life Science Journal, 8, 467–476.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bayoumy E. M., Abd El-Monem, S. A., & Hassanain, M. A. (2005): Ultrastructural observations of spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis in the fish-gill fluke, Pseudohaliotrema plectocirra Paperna, 1972 (Ancyrocephalinae, Monogenea). Journal of Veterinary Medical Association, 65, 259–267. (Paper not available).

  • Bayoumy, E. M., El-Lamie, M. M., & Derwa, H. I. (2015). First report of Polylabris lingaoensis (Monogenoidea: Polyopisthocotylea) ifesting the gills of Acanthopagrus bifasciatus from the Red Sea, off Hurghada; Egypt. World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences, 7, 209–213.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bayoumy, E. M., Osman, H. A. M., El-Bana, L. F., & Hassanain, M. A. (2008). Monogenean parasites as bioindicators for heavy metals status in some Egyptian Red Sea fishes. Global Veterinaria, 2, 117–122.

    Google Scholar 

  • Betancur-R, R., Wiley, E. O., Arratia, G., Acero, A., Bailly, N., Miya, M., Lecointre, G., & Ortí, G. (2017). Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes. BMC evolutionary biology, 17, 162. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Bush, A. O., Lafferty, K. D., Lotz, J. M., & Shostak, A. W. (1997). Parasitology meets ecology on its own terms: Margolis et al. revisited. Journal of Parasitology, 83, 575–583. https://doi.org/10.2307/3284227

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Bychowsky, B. E. & Nagibina, L. F. (1971). New and little known species of the genus Haliotrema Johnston et Tiegs, 1922 (Monogenoidea). Contribution 2. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 50, 25–40 (In Russian).

    Google Scholar 

  • Derbel, H., Châari, M., & Neifar, L. (2022). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Tunisian aquatic vertebrates. Helminthologia, 59, 179–199.‏ https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2022-0012

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Dmitrieva, E. V., Gerasev, P. I., Gibson, D. I., Pronkina, N. V., & Galli, P. (2012). Descriptions of eight new species of Ligophorus Euzet & Suriano, 1977 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from Red Sea mullets. Systematic Parasitology, 81, 203–237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-011-9341-8

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Domingues, M. V., & Boeger, W. A. (2007). The status of Acleotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 and Heteroplectanum Rakotofiringa, Oliver & Lambert, 1987 (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae), with the redescription of Acleotrema girellae Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Systematic Parasitology, 66, 35–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-006-9051-9

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Eissa, I. A. M., Derwa, H. I. M., El-Lamie, M. M., Dessouki, A. A., Abo-Esa, J., & El-Raziky, E. A. (2016). Advanced Studies on Monogenean diseases of Argyrosomus regius, Dicentrarchus labrax and Epinephelus aeneus in Port Said Governorate. Suez Canal Veterinary Medical Journal, 21, 159–162. https://doi.org/10.21608/SCVMJ.2016.62783

  • Eissa, I. A., El-lamie, M. M., Aly, S. M., Sallam, N. H., & Hassan, R. A. (2017b). Studies on the prevailing parasitic diseases in some marine fishes. Egyptian Veterinary Medical Society of Parasitology Journal, 13, 64–77. https://doi.org/10.21608/EVMSPJ.2017.37769

  • Eissa, I. A., Ismail, M. M., Abdelwahab, M., Abdel-Mawla, H. I, Dessouki, A. A., Fakhry, S. A., & Elsheshtawy, H. (2020). Survey on some ectoparasitosis in Moolgarda seheli from Suez Canal area, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 24, 449–466. https://doi.org/10.21608/EJABF.2020.117945

  • Eissa, I. A. M., Ismail, M. M., Aly, S. M., & Ahmed, M. M. M. (2017a). Studies on prevailing parasitic trematodiasis affecting some cultured marine fishes in Ismailia Governorate. Suez Canal Veterinary Medical journal, 22, 165–183. https://doi.org/10.21608/SCVMJ.2017.62170

  • El-Dien, N. E. (1995). Allenocotyla lutini sp. nov. (Microcotyloidea: Heteraxinidae) from the gills of Lutinus fulviflamma (Hebria) in Red Sea, Egypt. In: Hoffmann, R.W. (Ed.) 'Program and Abstracts of the IV the International Symposium of Fish Parasitology, Munich October 3-7, p. 13. (Abstract).

  • El-lamie, M. M., Ali, A., Abouelhassan, E. M., Ismail, A., & El-Sheshtawy, H. M. (2022). Molecular phylogeny and histopathological studies of Gotocotyla secundus (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea) isolated from Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, "Scomberomorous"(sic) commerson in Suez Governorate, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 26, 687–704. https://doi.org/10.21608/ejabf.2022.253695

  • El-Shaer, W., & Sallam, N. H. (2023). Parasites causing respiratory manifestations in Mullus surmulatus fish from Safaga at Red Sea Governorate. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 27, 171–184.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Euzet, L., & Razarihelisoa, M. (1959). Sur quelques Monogènes de Sphyraena commersonii (Teleostei, Sphyraenidae). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 84, 77–85.‏

    Google Scholar 

  • Ezz El-Dien, N. M., Imam, E. A. E., Abd El-Rahman, M. S., Ramadan, E. I., & Fahmy, M. M. (1994). On three new monogenean species from marine water fish in Suez Canal area, Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian Veterinary Medical Association, 55, 405–413. (Abstract).

  • Ezz El-Dien, N. M., & Omar, H. M. (1995). Benedenia monticelli infest mugilid and cichlid fishes in Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria in Egypt. Beni-Suef Veterinary Medical Research, 5, 245–251. (Paper not available).

  • Faisal, M., & Imam, E. A. (1990). Microcotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea, Polyopisthocotylea), a pathogen for cultured and wild gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata. Pathology in marine science, 283–290.

  • Fehlauer, K. H., & Boeger, W. A. (2005). Neotropical Monogenoidea: Euryhaliotrema dontykoleos n. sp. (Dactylogyridae) from the gills of the freshwater sciaenid, Pachyurus junki (Perciformes). Journal of Parasitology, 91, 1025–1027. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-486R.1

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fletcher, A. S., & Whittington, I. D. (1998). A parasite-host checklist for Monogenea from freshwater fishes in Australia, with comments on biodiversity. Systematic Parasitology, 41, 159–168. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006039101265

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Froese, R., & Pauly, D. (eds). (2023). FishBase. Available at https://www.fishbase.org, version 10/2023.

  • Galli, P., Benzoni, F., Strona, G., Stefani, F., & Kritsky, D. C. (2007). Monogenoidean parasites of fishes associated with coral reefs in the Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt: preliminary results. Helminthologia, 44, 76–79. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-007-0007-7

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Galli, P., & Kritsky, D. C. (2008). Three new species of Protogyrodactylus Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) from the gills of the longtail silverbiddy Gerres longirostris (Teleostei: Gerreidae) in the Red Sea. Systematic Parasitology, 69, 221–231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-007-9118-2

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Golani, D., & Fricke, R. (2018). Checklist of the Red Sea fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants. Zootaxa, 4509, 1–215. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4509.1.1

  • Golani, D., Fricke, R., & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2020). Zoogeographic patterns of Red Sea fishes–are they correlated to success in colonization of the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal? Marine Biology Research, 16, 774–780. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2021.1894340

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hassan, S. H., Hamada, S. F., & Abu Samak, O. A. (1996). Prevalence and intensity of infection of monogenean parasites infecting two economically important marine fishes in Egypt. Journal of Union Arab Biology, 5, 397–410.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hassan, S. H., Hamada, S. F., & Abu Samak, O. A. (1997). Biological studies on two diplectanid monogeneans infecting the marine fish Argyrosomus regius in Egypt. Journal of Union Arab Biology, 8, 207–223.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hassan, S. H., Khidr, A. A., & Abu Samak, O. A. (1990). Some helminth parasites of mugilid and sciaenid fishes from Mediterranean Sea in Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian-German Society of Zoology, 1, 155–167.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hayward, C. J. (1996). Revision of the monogenean genus Polylabris (Microcotylidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 10, 995–1039. https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9960995

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hussein, N. M. (2017). First description of three species of dactylogyrids (Monogenea) infecting three species of “Perciformes marine fishes” (sic) from the Red Sea, Egypt. IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences, 12, 21–27.

    Google Scholar 

  • ICZN. (2012). Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature to expand and refine methods of publication. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 69, 161–169.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jørgensen, T. R., Larsen, T. B., Jørgensen, L. G., Bresciani, J., Kania, P. W., & Buchmann, K. (2007). Characterisation of a low pathogenic form of Gyrodactylus salaris from rainbow trout. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 73, 235–244. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao073235

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Justine, J. L. (2007). Species of Calydiscoides Young, 1969 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from lethrinid fishes, with the redescription of all of the type-specimens and the description of C. euzeti n. sp. from Lethrinus rubrioperculatus and L. xanthochilus off New Caledonia. Systematic Parasitology, 67, 187–209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-006-9087-x

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Justine, J. L., & Brena, P. F. (2009). Calydiscoides limae sp. nov. (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) from Pentapodus aureofasciatus (Perciformes, Nemipteridae) off New Caledonia. Acta Parasitologica, 54, 22–27. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-009-0009-3

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kania, P. W., Jørgensen, T. R., & Buchmann, K. (2007). Differentiation between a pathogenic and a non‐pathogenic form of Gyrodactylus salaris using PCR‐RFLP. Journal of Fish Diseases, 30, 123–126. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00786.x

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Katsanevakis, S., Wallentinus, I., Zenetos, A., Leppäkoski, E., Çinar, M. E., Oztürk, B., Grabowski, M., Golani, D. & Cardoso, A. C. (2014). Impacts of invasive alien marine species on ecosystem services and biodiversity: a pan-European review. Aquatic Invasions, 9, 391–423. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2014.9.4.01

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kearn, G. C., Whittington, I. D., & Evans-Gowing, R. (2007). A revision of Entobdella Blainville in Lamarck, 1818, with special emphasis on the nominal (type) species “Entobdella hippoglossi (Müller, 1776) Blainville, 1818” (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae) from teleost flatfishes, with descriptions of three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa, 1659, 1–54. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1659.1.1

  • Khidr, A. A., Abu Samak, O. A., Said, A. E., & Abou Hadied, M. M. (2013). Morphology and anatomy of egg and oncomiracidium of the monogenean gill parasite Diplectanum aequanus. Nature and Science, 11, 48–54.

    Google Scholar 

  • Khidr, A. A., Abu Samak, O. A., Said, A. E., & Taman, N. A. (2007). Description of two monogenean parasites, Microcotyle “aegypticus” (sic) N. SP. and Microcotyle pomatomi infesting the gills of the marine fish, Pomatomus saltatrix in Damietta region, Egypt. Journal-Egyptian German Society of Zoology, 54, 99–111. (Paper not available)

  • Khidr, A. A., Bahnasawy, M. H., & Bakoosh, F. E. (2015). Ultrastructure of spermiogenesis and spermatozoa of Pricea sp. (Monogenea, “Polyopithocotylea, Gasterocotylidae” (sic)), a gill parasite of Scomberomorus commerson (Pisces: "Scomridae" (sic)) in Egypt. Scientific Journal for Damietta Faculty of Science, 4, 35–43. https://doi.org/10.21608/SJDFS.2015.194326

  • Khidr, A. A., Hassan, S. H., & Abu Samak, O. A. (1989). Some diplectanids of certain marine fishes from Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. Delta Journal of Science, 13, 1680–1700.

    Google Scholar 

  • Khidr, A. A., Said, A. E., Abu Samak, O. A., & Abu Sheref, S. E. (2012). The impacts of ecological factors on prevalence, mean intensity and seasonal changes of the monogenean gill parasite, Microcotyloides sp., infesting the Terapon puta fish inhabiting coastal region of Mediterranean Sea at Damietta region. The Journal of Basic & Applied Zoology, 65, 109–115.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobaz.2012.06.003

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kohn, A., Baptista-Farias, M. F. D., & Cohen, S. C. (2000): Paranaella luquei gen. et sp. n. (Monogenea: Microcotylidae), a new parasite of Brazilian catfishes. Folia Parasitologica, 47, 279–283. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2000.048

  • Kołodziej-Sobocińska, M. (2019). Factors affecting the spread of parasites in populations of wild European terrestrial mammals. Mammal Research, 64, 301–318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-019-00423-8

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C. (2012). Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea: Polyonchoinea) parasitizing the gills of snappers (Perciformes: Lutjanidae): revision of Euryhaliotrema with new and previously described species from the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, the eastern and Indo-west Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico. Zoologia (Curitiba), 29, 227–276. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-46702012000300006

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C. (2018). Species of Monogenoidea infecting the gill lamellae of the common silver-biddy Gerres oyena (Forsskål) and the common silver belly Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier (Perciformes: Gerreidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology, 95, 499–525. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9800-6

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C. (2019). Euryhaliotrema spp. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitic on the gill lamellae of perciform fishes in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with the description of Euryhaliotrema solenophallus sp. nov. from the silver moony Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus) (Monodactylidae). Acta Parasitologica, 64, 223–227. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-019-00025-z

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C. (2023). Species of Dactylogyridae (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea) infecting marine fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with proposals of Pleuronectitrema n. gen. and Ecnomotrema n. gen. and descriptions of 13 new species. Parasite, 30, 61. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2023053

  • Kritsky, D. C., Aquaro, G., & Galli, P. (2010). Microncocotyle bicoccae n. gen., n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) from the gills of the longtail silverbiddy, Gerres longirostris (Teleostei: Gerreidae), in the Red Sea, Egypt. Comparative Parasitology, 77, 137–144. https://doi.org/10.1654/4422.1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C., & Bakenhaster, M. D. (2020). Haliotrematoides spp. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing the gill lamellae of porgies, Calamus spp. (Perciformes: Sparidae), in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida, USA, with the description of Haliotrematoides bostryx n. sp. and redescriptions of Haliotrematoides parvicirrus (Zhukov, 1983). Comparative Parasitology, 87, 33–43. https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-87.1.33

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C., & Bakenhaster, M. D. (2022). Euryhaliotrema dolichodrilus n. sp. and Euryhaliotrema mimulus n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) infecting the gill lamellae of porgies, Calamus spp. (Perciformes: Sparidae) from the Gulf of Mexico off Florida, USA. Systematic Parasitology, 99, 31–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-10014-4

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C., & Boeger, W. A. (2002). Neotropical Monogenoidea. 41: New and previously described species of Dactylogyridae Platyhelminthes) from the gills of marine and freshwater perciform fishes (Teleostei) with proposal of a new genus and a hypothesis on phylogeny. Zoosystema, 24, 7–40.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C., & Galli, P. (2007). Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) parasitizing the gills of spinefoots (Teleostei: Siganidae): Revision of Pseudohaliotrema, with redescriptions of P. sphincteroporus and P. molnari from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Comparative Parasitology, 74, 9–22. https://doi.org/10.1654/4266.1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C., Galli, P., & Yang, T. (2007a). Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) parasitizing the gills of spinefoots (Teleostei: Siganidae): proposal of Glyphidohaptor n. gen., with two new species from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and G. plectocirra n. comb. from Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt. Journal of Parasitology, 93, 39–46. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3580.1

  • Kritsky, D. C., Galli, P., & Yang, T. (2007b). Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) parasitizing the gills of spinefoots (Teleostei, Siganidae): revision of Tetrancistrum Goto and Kikuchi, with descriptions of two new species from Siganus spp. of the Red Sea and Celebes. Journal of Natural History, 41, 1513–1551. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701452989

  • Kritsky, D. C., Jiménez-Ruiz, F. A., & Sey, O. (2000). Diplectanids (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridea) from the gills of marine fishes of the Persian Gulf off Kuwait. Comparative Parasitology, 67, 145–164.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C., & Mansour, A. (2023). Redescription of Haliotrema obesum (Caballero y C., Bravo Hollis, and Grocott, 1955) Young, 1968 (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae), with new host and locality records from marine puffers (Tetraodoniformes: Tetraodontidae) in Australia and Egypt. Comparative Parasitology, 90, 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-90.1.53

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kritsky, D. C., Yang, T., & Sun, Y. (2009). Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea, Polyonchoinea) parasitizing the gills of snappers (Perciformes, Lutjanidae): Proposal of Haliotrematoides n. gen. and descriptions of new and previously described species from marine fishes of the Red Sea, the eastern and Indo-west Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa, 1970, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.1

  • Lebedev, B. I. (1969). Discorrelative-symmetrical heterotopy of the organs in the monogenean Pentatres sphyraenae. Parazitologiya, 3, 149–157.

    Google Scholar 

  • Li, H. Y., & Chen, Y. J. (2005). Description of two new species of the genus Haliotrema from marine fishes in Guangdong. Marine Sciences, 29, 50–53.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lieske, E., & Myers, R. F. (2004). Coral reef guide Red Sea: The definitive guide to over 1200 species of underwater life. Harper Collins Publishers, London, United Kingdom.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lim, L. H. S. (2002). Three new species of Pseudohaliotrema Yamaguti, 1953 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalinae) from Siganus species (Siganidae) and the description of a mechanism for cross-insemination. Journal of Natural History, 36, 1639–1660. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110067935

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lim, L. H. S. (2003): Species of Calydiscoides Young, 1969 (Monogenea; Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957; Lamellodiscinae Oliver, 1969) from nemipterid fishes off Peninsular Malaysia. Systematic Parasitology, 55, 115–126. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024098701036

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Lim, L. H. S., & Justine, J. L. (2007). Haliotrema banana sp. n. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from Bodianus perditio (Perciformes: Labridae) off New Caledonia. Folia Parasitologica, 54, 203–207. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2007.027‏

  • Lim, L. H. S., & Justine, J. L. (2011). Two new species of ancyrocephalid monogeneans from Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) off New Caledonia, with the proposal of Lethrinitrema ng. Systematic Parasitology, 78, 123–138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-010-9283-6

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Mahmoud, A. E., Osman, H. A., Zaki, M. S., & Abubrika, A. Z. (2020). Studies on the infestation of Red Sea cultured Black “Sea bream” (sic) (Spondyliosoma cantharus) with Caballerocotyla sp. (Monogenea; Capsalidae) parasite. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 24, 417–424. https://doi.org/10.21608/EJABF.2020.92405

  • Mahmoud, N. E., Mahmoud, A. M., & Fahmy, M. M. (2014). Parasitological and comparative pathological studies on monogenean infestation of cultured “Sea bream” (sic) (Sparus aurata, Spariidae) in Egypt. Journal of Oceanography and Marine Research, 2, 1000129.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mahmoud, N. E., Mousa, W. M., Abouwarda, M. M., & Hasanin, E. S. (2017). Gill parasites of some wild and cultured marine fish in Egypt. Egyptian Veterinary Medical Society of Parasitology Journal, 13, 4–14. https://doi.org/10.21608/EVMSPJ.2017.37452

  • Mahmoud, N. E., & Shaheed, I. B. (1998). On some ectoparasites causing deleterious pathological effect among Red Sea fishes with the description of Polylabroides "egyptiacus" (sic) sp. Veterinary Medical Journal- Giza, 46, 493–506.

    Google Scholar 

  • Maillard, C., & Raibaut, A. (1990). Human activities and modifications of ichtyofauna of the Mediterranean Sea: effect on parasitosis. Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, 297–305.

  • Mansour, A. (2020): Morphological and molecular studies on some monogenean parasites infesting fishes of the Red Sea in Egypt. Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.

  • Mendoza-Franco, E. F., Reyes-Lizama, C., & González-Solís, D. (2009). Haliotrematoides spp. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) infecting the gills of grunts (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from the southern coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Journal of Parasitology, 95, 1360–1363.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Mendoza-Franco, E. F., Tun, M. D. C. R., Anchevida, A. D. J. D., & Rodolfo, R. E. D. R. (2018). Morphological and molecular (28S rRNA) data of monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) infecting the gill lamellae of marine fishes in the Campeche Bank, southwest Gulf of Mexico. ZooKeys, 783, 125–161. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.26218

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mendoza-Garfias, B., Garcia-Prieto, L., & De León, G. P. P. (2017). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Mexican aquatic vertebrates. Zoosystema, 39, 501–598. https://doi.org/10.5252/z2017n4a5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Montero, F. E., Aznar, F. J., Fernández, M., & Raga, J. A. (2003). Pseudoallencoiyla gen. n., a new genus for Allencotyla pricei (Kritsky, Noble et Moser, 1978) (Monogenea: Heteraxinidae), with a key to genera of Heteraxininae. Folia parasitologica, 50, 43–47.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Morsy, K., Abdel-Monem, S., Abdel-Ghaffar, F., Bashtar, A. R., Al-Ghamdi, A., & Abdel-Gaber, R. (2011). First record of Benedenia sciaenae (Monogenea: Capsalidae) infecting the brown-spotted grouper fish Epinephelus chlorostigma (Family: Serranidae) from the Red Sea in Egypt. Life Science Journal, 8, 245–252.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morsy, K., El-Fayoumi, H., Al-Shahawy, G., & Fahmy, M. (2014a). Diplectanum harid sp. nov. and Pseudorhabdosynochus chlorostigma sp. nov. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from Scaridae and Serranidae hosts of the Red Sea. World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences, 6, 319–327.

  • Morsy, K., El Fayoumi, H., & Fahmy, M. (2014b). Description of Acleotrema “maculatus” (sic) sp. nov. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) infecting the spotted coral grouper Plectropomus maculatus (F: Serranidea) from the Red Sea and its histopathological impact. Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3, 222–228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjbas.2014.10.008

  • Morsy, K., Shazly, M., Abdel-Gawad, M., & Saed, N. (2018). The first report of two monogenean gill parasites assigned to Diclidophora merlangi (Diclidophoridae) and Loxuroides pricei (Axinidae) from brushtooth lizardfish and red porgy seabream of the Red Sea, Egypt. Veterinary Research Forum, 9, 163–169. https://doi.org/10.30466/VRF.2018.30829

  • Nassar, M. Z., Mohamed, H. R., Khiray, H. M., & Rashedy, S. H. (2014). Seasonal fluctuations of phytoplankton community and physico-chemical parameters of the north western part of the Red Sea, Egypt. The Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 40, 395–403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejar.2014.11.002

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ogawa, K., & Egusa, S. (1978). Three species of Lamellodiscus (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from the gills of Japanese Black Sea Bream, Acanthopagrus schlegeli (Bleeker). Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries, 44, 607–612. https://doi.org/10.2331/suisan.44.607

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Oliver, G. (1984). Quelques espèces du Genre Calydiscoides Young (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Diplectanidae), parasites de Perciformes du Récif de la Grande Barrière (Australie). Zoologica Scripta, 13, 189–193.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Oliver, G., & Paperna, I. (1984). Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea), parasites de Perciformes de Méditerranée orientale, de la mer Rouge et de l’océan Indien. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 4, 49–65.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Olson, P. D., & Littlewood, D. T. J. (2002). Phylogenetics of the Monogenea - evidence from a medley of molecules. International Journal for Parasitology, 32, 233–244. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00328-9

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Olstad, K., Robertsen, G., Bachmann, L., & Bakke, T. A. (2007). Variation in host preference within Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea): an experimental approach. Parasitology, 134, 589–597. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182006001715

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ozaki, A., Yoshida, K., Fuji, K., Kubota, S., Kai, W., Aoki, J. Y., Kawabata, Y., Suzuki, J., Akita, K., Koyama, T., Nakagawa, M., Hotta, T., Tsuzaki, T., Okamoto, N., Araki, K., & Sakamoto, T. (2013). Quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance to a monogenean parasite (Benedenia seriolae) in yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) through genome wide analysis. PLoS One, 8, e64987. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064987

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Paperna, I. (1972a). Monogenea from Red Sea fishes. I. Monogenea of fish of the genus Siganus. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 39, 33–39.

  • Paperna, I. (1972b). Monogenea from Red Sea fishes. II. Monogenea of Mullidae. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 39, 39–45.

  • Paperna, I. (1972c). Monogenea of Red Sea Fishes: III. Dactylogyridae from littoral and reef fishes. Journal of Helminthology, 46, 47–62.

  • Paperna, I. (1975). Parasites and diseases of the grey mullet (Mugilidae) with special reference to the seas of the Near East. Aquaculture, 5, 65–80.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Paperna, I., Diamant, A., & Overstreet, R. M. (1984). Monogenean infestations and mortality in wild and cultured Red Sea fishes. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 37, 445–462. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01989323

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Paperna, I., & Lahav, M. (1975). Parasites of fish of the hypersaline Bardawil Lagoon, North Sinai. A preliminary communication. Rapport de la Commission Internationale pour la Mer Méditerranée, 23,127–128.

    Google Scholar 

  • Poelen, J. H., Simons, J. D., & Mungall, C. J. (2014). Global biotic interactions : An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics, 24, 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pugachev, O. N., Gerasev, P. I., Gussev, A. V., Ergens, R., & Khotenowsky, I. (2010). Guide to Monogenoidea of freshwater fish of Palearctic and Amur Regions. Ledizione-Ledi Publishing, Milano, Italy.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rabie, S. A. H., Hussein, A. N. A., & Mansour, A. (2019). First Record of Lethrinitrema gibbus Lim and Justine, 2011 (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from gills of Lethrinus nebulosus (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) of the Red Sea, Egypt. SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2, 81–90. https://doi.org/10.21608/SVU.2019.13996.1019

  • Ramadan, M. M. (1983). Dactylogyrus aegyptiacus n. sp. (Monogenetic trematode: Dactylogyridae): a gill parasite of atherinid fish from the Red Sea. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 13, 407–411.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Rascalou, G., & Justine, J. L. (2007). Three species of Calydiscoides (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from five Lethrinus spp. (Lethrinidae: Perciformes) off New Caledonia, with a description of Calydiscoides terpsichore sp. n. Folia Parasitologica, 54, 191–202. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2007.026

  • Rick, T., Ontiveros, M. Á. C., Jerardino, A., Mariotti, A., Méndez, C., & Williams, A. N. (2020). Human-environmental interactions in Mediterranean climate regions from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene. Anthropocene, 31, 100253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100253

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Samaha, C., zu Dohna, H., & Bariche, M. (2016). Analysis of Red Sea fish species' introductions into the Mediterranean reveals shifts in introduction patterns. Journal of Biogeography, 43, 1797–1807. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12793

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Scheffers, A., & Browne, T. (2010). Egypt, Red Sea Coast. In: Bird, E.C.F. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8639-7_185

  • Scheifler, M., Magnanou, E., Sanchez-Brosseau, S., & Desdevises, Y. (2022). Host specificity of monogenean ectoparasites on fish skin and gills assessed by a metabarcoding approach. International Journal for Parasitology, 52, 559–567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.02.001

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Šimková, A., Matějusová, I., & Cunningham, C. O. (2006). A molecular phylogeny of the Dactylogyridae sensu Kritsky & Boeger (1989) (Monogenea) based on the D1-D3 domains of large subunit rDNA. Parasitology, 133, 43–53. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182006009942

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Stefani, F., Aquaro, G., Azzurro, E., Colorni, A., & Galli, P. (2012). Patterns of genetic variation of a Lessepsian parasite. Biological invasions, 14, 1725–1736.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Strona, G., Stefani, F., Benzoni, F., Harhash, K. A., Eman, S., & Galli, P. (2005). Morphometric discriminant analysis for the classification of Diplectanum (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea), parasites of Sphyraena flavicauda. Parassitologia, 47, 237–239.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sun, Y., Li, M., & Yang, T. (2014). Studies on Lethrinitrema Lim & Justine, 2011 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae), with the description of two new species, a key to the genus and a phylogenetic analysis based on rDNA sequences. Systematic Parasitology, 88, 119–139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-014-9482-7

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Sun, Y., & Yang, T. (2015). Two new species of Euryhaliotrema Kritsky et Boeger, 2002 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker) and L. argentimaculatus (Forsskål) (Teleostei: Lutjanidae) in the South China Sea. Folia Parasitologica, 62, 040. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2015.040

  • Tadros, S. W. A., El-Gayar, A. K., & Abouelhassan, E. M. (2020). Prevalence of ecto-and endoparasites of the Sea bass Dicentrachus “Labrax” (sic) in Port Said Governorate, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 24, 629–643. https://doi.org/10.21608/EJABF.2020.128508

  • Tadros, S. W., El-Gayar, A. K., & Mohayemen, G. M. (2014). Light and scanning electron microscopy on monogenean parasite from Red Sea fish Nemipterus japonicus “(Trieadin braens)” (sic) in Egypt. Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 60, 54–62. https://doi.org/10.21608/AVMJ.2014.170751

  • Tawfik, M. A. A., Abdel Ghaffar, F. A., Hassanain, M. A., & Bayoumi, E. M. (2006). Redescription of some monogenean parasites belonging to family: Ancyrocephalidae, “bychowsky, 1937” (sic). Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Science, 40, 1–18. (Abstract).

  • Tessema, W. (2020). Review on parasites of fish and their public health importance. ARC Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 6, 23–27. https://doi.org/10.20431/2455-2518.0602004

  • Vidal-Martínez, V. M., Soler-Jiménez, L. C., Aguirre-Macedo, M. L., Mclaughlin, J., Jaramillo, A. G., Shaw, J. C., James, A., Hechinger, R. F., Kuris, A. M., & Lafferty, K. D. (2017). Monogenea of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll in the Central Pacific. ZooKeys, 713, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.713.14732

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vignon, M., Sasal, P., Rigby, M. C., & Galzin. R. (2009). Multiple parasite introduction and host management plan: case study of lutjanid fish in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 85, 133–145. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02071

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Wangchu, L., Narba, D., Matey, C., & Tripathi, A. (2022). First report on the diversity and distribution of parasitic monogenoids (Platyhelminthes) from catfishes (Siluriformes) in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Parasitic Diseases, 46, 285–295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-021-01445-3

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Whittington, I. D. (1998): Diversity “down under”: monogeneans in the Antipodes (Australia) with a prediction of monogenean biodiversity worldwide. International Journal for Parasitology, 28, 1481–1493.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • WoRMS (2023). World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. Accessed 2023-01-21.

  • Yamaguti, S. (1953). Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part. 2. Monogenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medicinae Okayama, 8, 203–256.

    Google Scholar 

  • Yang, T., Kritsky, D. C., & Jun, P. (2007). Polylabris lingaoensis sp. n. and Polylabris cf. mamaevi Ogawa et Egusa, 1980 (Monogenoidea: Microcotylidae) from perciform fishes in the Gulf of Tonkin, South China Sea. Folia Parasitologica, 54, 27–33. https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2007.004

  • Zhang J.-Y. (2001). Chapter 10. Ancyrocephalidae Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1978. In: Zhang J.-Y., Yang T., & Liu L. (Eds). Monogeneans of Chinese Marine Fishes. Beijing, China, Agriculture Press.

  • Zhang, J., Yang, T., Liu, L., & Ding, X. (2003). A list of monogeneans from Chinese marine fishes. Systematic Parasitology, 54, 111–130. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022581523683

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the support of the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt, for providing the necessary facilities and support to AM in collecting Red Sea fishes. We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Delane C. Kritsky, College of Health, Department of Community and Public Health, Idaho State University, U.S.A., for providing AM with needed literature, reviewing the first draft of the manuscript, and providing constructive comments. VS acknowledges funding from EU Next Generation EU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project No. 09I03-03-V01-00017.

Funding

Not applicable.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, 83523, Qena Governorate, Egypt

    Ali Mansour

  2. Department of Biology, Zaporizhzhia National University, Zhukovskogo 66, Zaporizhzhia, 69063, Ukraine

    Volodimir Sarabeev

  3. Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001, Košice, Slovak Republic

    Volodimir Sarabeev

  4. Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, PO Box 22085, 46071, Valencia, Spain

    Juan A. Balbuena

Authors
  1. Ali Mansour
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Volodimir Sarabeev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Juan A. Balbuena
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

Ali Mansour was responsible for conceptualization, methodology, data collection, and the first draft of the manuscript. Volodimir Sarabeev and Juan A. Balbuena discussed the findings and helped in drafting the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ali Mansour.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Ethical approval

All applicable institutional, national, and international guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. Ethical clearance for the study protocol was obtained from the Scientific Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Egypt (approval number 011/03/2023).

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Supplementary Information

Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

Supplementary file1 (DOCX 1557 KB)

Supplementary file2 (DOCX 56 KB)

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Mansour, A., Sarabeev, V. & Balbuena, J.A. Checklist of monogeneans from Egyptian marine fishes, including some newly collected species. Syst Parasitol 101, 28 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-024-10150-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-024-10150-7

Search

Navigation