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 cephali Rubtsova, Balbuena, Sarabeev, Blasco-Costa & Euzet, 2006

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ligophorus*	Euzet & Suriano, 1977	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Rubtsova, Balbuena, Sarabeev, Blasco-Costa & Euzet. (2006). Description and morphometrical variability of a new species of Ligophorus and of Ligophorus chabaudi (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) on Mugil cephalus (Teleostei) from the Mediterranean basin. Journal of Parasitology. 92(3): 486-495.
additional source	Vodiasova, E. A.; Chelebieva, E. S.; Shikhat, O. V.; Atopkin, D. M.; Dmitrieva, E. V. (2022). Molecular-genetic approaches to species identification of platyhelminthes of the genus Ligophorus (Monogenea) parasitising flathead mullet. Vavilov Journal of Genetics and Breeding. 26(3): 290-297.
additional source	Özer, A. (2021). Checklist of Marine, Freshwater, and Aquarium Fish Parasites in Turkey. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication No: 62, Istanbul, Turkey,. 311 pp.
additional source	Layka, T.; Badran, M. (2019). First record of Ligophorus cephali (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) on Liza aurata from AL-Sinn marine fish farm (Syria). Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies - Biological Sciences Series. 14 (4), 171- 180.