Pseudorhabdosynochus enitsuji

Pseudorhabdosynochus enitsuji is a diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of groupers.

[1] The species has been redescribed by Amira Chaabane, Lassad Neifar, and Jean-Lou Justine in 2017, from the type-material and additional specimens.

These three species are also parasites on groupers classified within the genus Mycteroperca.

[2] The goldblotch grouper Mycteroperca costae is the type-host of Pseudorhabdosynochus enitsuji.

The type-locality is the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia; Off Libya and the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, Senegal are additional localities.

Pseudorhabdosynochus enitsuji , squamodiscs and haptoral parts
Homologies of the sclerotized vaginae in species of the ‘ Pseudorhabdosynochus riouxi group‘