Furcohaptor

Furcohaptor is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.^[1][2] All known species are parasitic on the gills of tonguefish (family Cynoglossidae).

Furcohaptor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Dactylogyridea
Family:	Diplectanidae
Genus:	Furcohaptor Bijukumar & Kearn, 1996
Species
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Members of the genus Furcohaptor have a haptor with atypical structure (two long haptoral arms, one pair of typical anchors, one pair of rod-shaped hooks, five pairs of typical-shaped marginal hooks, and one pair of marginal hooks which are reduced in size)^[1] and the genus was originally placed in the family Ancyrocephalidae,^[1] but a study based on morphology and molecules demonstrated in 2017 that it was a member of the Diplectanidae.^[3]

Etymology

The generic name, Furcohaptor, is in reference to the specimens' bifurcate haptors.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the valid species included in the genus are:^[2]

• Furcohaptor brevis Nitta & Nagasawa, 2017 ^[3]
• Furcohaptor cynoglossi Bijukumar & Kearn, 1996 ^[1]