Furnestinia Euzet & Audouin, 1959

Domingues, Marcus V. & Boeger, Walter A., 2008, Phylogeny and revision of Diplectanidae Monticelli, 1903 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea), Zootaxa 1698, pp. 1-40 : 19-20

Furnestinia Euzet & Audouin, 1959

Synonymy: Dactylogyrus Wagener, 1857 , partim, nec Diesing, 1858, partim

Diagnosis: Eyes present (2 pairs). Vas deferens intercaecal. Accessory piece present, articulated with MCO [23]. Vaginal atrium muscular [25]. Vaginal aperture marginal. Egg tetrahedral. Lamellodiscs (one), ventral [24], intermediate lamellae of the lamellodisc incomplete, free at middline. Superficial root of ventral anchor reduced. Parasites of marine perciform fishes ( Sparidae ).

Type-species: Furnestinia echeneis ( Wagener, 1857) Euzet & Audouin, 1959 from Sparus aurata .

Remarks: The present hypothesis corroborates the conclusions of Desdevises (2001), in which Lamellodiscus mormyri appears to be more closely related to Furnestinia than to other species of Lamellodiscus . However, we decided for the maintenance of Furnestinia since any taxonomic proposal would be premature before the resolution of the taxa of clade “F”.