Isancistrum

Isancistrum is a genus of monogeneans in the family Gyrodactylidae. Unlike most monogeneans which are parasitic on fish or other vertebrates, species of Isancistrum are parasitic on squids (molluscs).[1][2]

Isancistrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Gyrodactylidea
Family:	Gyrodactylidae
Genus:	Isancistrum de Beauchamp, 1912[1]

Species

• Isancistrum loliginis de Beauchamp, 1912[1]
• Isancistrum subulatae Llewellyn, 1984[2]

References

1. de Beauchamp, P. M. (1912). Isancistrum loliginis, n. g. n. sp., trématode parasite du calmar et l'existence de Solenocotyle chiajei Diesing. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 37, 96–99.
2. Llewellyn, J. (1984). The biology of Isancistrum subulatae n. sp., a monogenean parasitic on the squid, Alloteuthis subulata, at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 64(2), 285–302.