Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Monopisthocotylea > Order Dactylogyridea > Suborder Dactylogyrinea > Family Ancyrocephalidae > Genus Ligophorus

Ligophorus pilengas Sarabeev & Balbuena, 2004

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ligophorus*	Euzet & Suriano, 1977	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ligophorus gussevi*	Miroshnichenko & Maltsev, 2004	synonym

Literature

original description	Sarabeev, V.L. & Balbuena, J.A. (2004). Ligophorus pilengas n. sp. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from the introduced So-iuy mullet, Mugil soiuy (Teleostei: Mugilidae) in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Journal of Parasitology 90 222-228.
additional source	Pronkina, N. V.; Dmitrieva, E. V. (2024). Distribution of Monogeneans of the Genus Ligophorus on Gills of the Soiuy Mullet Planiliza haematocheilus. Biology Bulletin Reviews. 14(S2): S102-S113.
additional source	Yurakhno, V. M.; Kozhurin, E. A. (2022). Update on the So-Iuy Mullet Planiliza haematocheila (Mugilidae) Parasite Fauna. Inland Water Biology. 15(4): 458-463.
additional source	Pronkina, N. V.; Dmitrieva, E. V. (2023). THE DISTRIBUTION OF MONOGENEANS OF THE GENUS LIGOPHORUS ON GILLS OF THE SOIUY MULLET PLANILIZA HAEMATOCHEILUS. Parazitologiya. 57, № 6, 504–520.