Nasobranchitrema Yamaguti, 1965

Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A., 2008, Phylogeny and revision of Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea), Zootaxa 1698, pp. 1-40 : 15

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6232452
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scientific name	Nasobranchitrema Yamaguti, 1965
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Diagnosis: With the characteristics of the subfamily.

Type species: Nasobranchitrema pacificum Yamaguti, 1965 from Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker) (type host), Naso lituratus (Forster) , Naso brevirostris (Cuvier) , and Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard) (Acanthuridae) .

Remarks: Young (1969) transferred Nasobranchitrema from Diplectanidae to Ancyrocephalinae ( Dactylogyridae ) based on the apparent intercaecal germarium. However, studied specimens clearly show germarium looping right of intestinal caecum. This characteristic is apparently symplesiomorphic for Diplectanidae (see Kritsky & Boeger 1989) and, thus, it does not support Young (1969) ’s proposal.