Guavinella tropica Mendoza-Franco, Scholz & Cabañas-Carranza, 2003
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Guavinella tropica Mendoza-Franco, Scholz & Cabañas-Carranza, 2003
- Name authority
- Mendoza-Franco, Scholz & Cabañas-Carranza, 2003
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Class
- Monogenea
- Order
- Dactylogyridea
- Family
- Ancyrocephalidae
- Genus
- Guavinella
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
- subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
- classMonogenea Van Beneden, 1858
- subclassMonopisthocotylea
- orderDactylogyridea
- familyAncyrocephalidae Bychowsky, 1937
- genusGuavinella Mendoza-Franco, Scholz & Cabañas-Carranza, 2003
- speciesGuavinella tropica Mendoza-Franco, Scholz & Cabañas-Carranza, 2003
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Mendoza-Franco, E. F., Scholz, T., & Cabañas-Carranza, G. (2003). Guavinella tropica n. gen., n. sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from the Gills of the Bigmouth Sleeper, Gobiomorus dormitor (Perciformes: Eleotridae), from Mexico. Comparative Parasitology, 70. https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647(2003)070[0026:gtngns]2.0.co;2 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3HJYR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.