Genus of flatworms
Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogenean (a group of ectoparasitic flatworms), included in the family Capsalidae. The type-species of the genus is "Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia etelis" .
The genus includes only 2 species, which are both parasitic on the gills of marine fish of the family Lutjanidae.
Morphology.
Species of the genus "Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia" are, like most monogeneans of the family Capsalidae, flat with a posterior disc-shaped haptor which attaches to the gill of their host. Their distinctive feature is a “vagina lageniform, between uterus and right intestinal limb, opening almost midventrally behind cirrus pouch”.
Etymology and curiosity of zoological nomenclature.
The etymology of this extremely long name involves three steps:
"Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia", with 27 letters and 17 syllables, is possibly the longest valid generic name of the zoological nomenclature for a non-fossil organism.
Hosts.
Hosts of species of monogeneans of the genus "Lagenivaginopseudobenedenia" are parasitic on fish which are members of the genus "Etelis" (family Lutjanidae), found in deep-sea in the Pacific Ocean.
Species.
Only two species are currently known in this genus.
References.
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