# Microcotyle argenticus

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| genus = Microcotyle
| species = argenticus
| authority = Hadi & Bilqees, 2011 <ref name="Hadi&Bilqees2011"/>
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'''''Microcotyle argenticus''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [monogenean](/source/monogenean), [parasitic](/source/fish_parasites) on the [gills](/source/gills) of a marine [fish](/source/fish). It belongs to the family [Microcotylidae](/source/Microcotylidae). It was described from the gills of the silver pomfret ''[Pampus argenteus](/source/Pampus_argenteus)'' ([Stromateidae](/source/Stromateidae)) from [Karachi coast](/source/Karachi_coast) off [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan).<ref name="Hadi&Bilqees2011">Hadi, R. & Bilqees, F.M. (2011) ''Microcotyle argenticus'' n. sp. (Monogenea) on the fish ''Pampus argenticus'' from Karachi Coast. Proceedings of Parasitology, 51, 99-111.</ref> 

==Description==
''Microcotyle argenticus'' has the general morphology of all species of ''[Microcotyle](/source/Microcotyle)'', with a symmetrical slender elongated body, comprising an anterior part which contains most organs and a posterior part called the [haptor](/source/haptor). The haptor is symmetrical, not distinctly marked off from body proper and bears 75-80 [clamps](/source/clamp_(zoology)), arranged as two rows, one on each side (35-40 on each side). The clamps of the haptor attach the animal to the [gill](/source/gill) of the fish. There are also two buccal [suckers](/source/sucker_(zoology)) at the anterior extremity. The digestive organs include an anterior, terminal mouth, a muscular pharynx, an [oesophagus](/source/oesophagus) and a posterior [intestine](/source/intestine) with two lateral branches provided with numerous secondary branches; both branches extends into the haptor. Each adult contains male and female reproductive organs. The reproductive organs include an anterior  genital atrium, armed with numerous very [spines](/source/spine_(zoology)), a medio-dorsal [vagina](/source/vagina), a single tube-like [ovary](/source/ovary) and 12 [testes](/source/testicle) which are posterior to the ovary.<ref name="Hadi&Bilqees2011"/><ref>Hadi, R. (2009). Studies on monogenetic trematodes of some fishes of Karachi Coast (Doctoral dissertation, Jinnah University for Women, Nazimabad, Karachi, Pakistan) [http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/212/1/467S.pdf PDF] {{open access}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The species name is derived from the generic name of the type-host ''[Pampus argenteus](/source/Pampus_argenteus)''.<ref name="Hadi&Bilqees2011"/>

==Hosts and localities==
[[File:Pampus argenteus 1.jpg|thumb|left|The silver pomfret ''[Pampus argenteus](/source/Pampus_argenteus)'' is the type-host of ''Microcotyle argenticus'']]
The type-host is the silver pomfret ''[Pampus argenteus](/source/Pampus_argenteus)''. The type-locality is [Karachi Coast](/source/Karachi_Coast) off [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan).<ref name="Hadi&Bilqees2011"/>

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Category:Microcotyle
Category:Animals described in 2011
Category:Parasites of fish
Category:Fauna of Pakistan

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