Anoplectanum Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006

Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A., 2008, Phylogeny and revision of Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea), Zootaxa 1698, pp. 1-40 : 29-30

Anoplectanum Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006

Diagnosis: Tegument smooth. Genital pore opening posterior to male copulatory organ (MCO). Genital atrium muscular. Vas deferens apparently looping left intestinal caecum. MCO tubular, composed of 2 nested tubes; external tube uniform. Accessory piece absent. Prostatic reservoir simple. Accessory copulatory organ absent. Vaginal atrium sclerotized [61]. Vaginal aperture marginal. Accessory adhesive organ absent. Superficial root of ventral anchor developed. Parasites of freshwater perciform fishes ( Sciaenidae ).

Type species: Anoplectanum haptorodynatum Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006 from Petilipinnis grunniens .

Other species: Anoplectanum microsoma Boeger, Fehlauer & Marques, 2006 from Pachyurus junki Soares & Cassati , and Petilipinnis grunniens .

Remarks: Anoplectanum is sister group of Murraytrematoides . Both genera share the secondary loss of accessory adhesive organ. However, Anoplectanum differs from Murraytrematoides in the comparative morphology of the vaginal atrium (i.e., sclerotized in Anoplectanum ; muscular in Murraytrematoides ).