
Mazocraeidea is an order of
flatworm
Platyhelminthes (from the Greek language, Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") is a Phylum (biology), phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, Segmentation (biology), ...
s in the subclass
Polyopisthocotylea
Polyopisthocotylea is a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea.WoRMS (2023). Polyopisthocotylea. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119220 on 2023-12-21Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum Volu ...
within the class
Monogenea
Monogeneans, members of the class Monogenea, are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. They have a direct lifecycle and do not require an intermediate host. Adults are hermaphrodites, meaning they ...
.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the
Gastrocotylidae and related families. However, these additional sclerites, and even the clamps themselves, are lacking in certain members of the family
Protomicrocotylidae
Protomicrocotylidae is a family of monogenean parasites in the order Mazocraeidea.
The type-genus of the family is '' Protomicrocotyle''. The genus was created in 1922 by Thomas Harvey Johnston and Oscar Werner Tiegs for a worm previously ...
.
Families
;According to PESI:
*
Anthocotylidae Bychowsky, 1957
*
Axinidae Monticelli, 1903
*
Chauhaneidae Euzet
Euzet (; ) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Gard department
*Occitania (administrative region)
Occitania ( ; ; ) is the southernmost Regions of France, administrative region ...
& Trilles, 1960
*
Diclidophoridae
Diclidophoridae is a family of Monogenea, monogeneans within the order Mazocraeidea.
Genera
Placed by World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS:
* ''Absonifibula''
* ''Allodiclidophora''
* ''Allotagia''
* ''Atlanticotyle''
* ''Bravocotyle' ...
Fuhrmann, 1928
*
Diplozoidae
*
Discocotylidae
Discocotylidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Mazocraeidea.
Genera:
* '' Allocotylophora'' Dillon & Hargis, 1965
* '' Anthocotyle'' Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
* '' Bicotylophora'' Price, 1936
* '' Discocotyle'' Diesing, 1850
* ...
Price, 1936
*
Gotocotylidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
Yamaguti, 1963
*
Heteraxinidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gast ...
Unnithan, 1957
*
Hexostomatidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
Price, 1936
*
Mazocraeidae Price, 1936
*
Microcotylidae
Microcotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.WoRMS (2018). Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119247 on 2018-12-03 All the species in this family are parasitic on ...
Taschenberg, 1879
*
Octolabeidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
*
Plectanocotylidae
Plectanocotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.WoRMS (2018). Plectanocotylidae Monticelli, 1903. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119249 on 2018-12-29
All the species in this family are parasi ...
Monticelli, 1903
*
Protomicrocotylidae
Protomicrocotylidae is a family of monogenean parasites in the order Mazocraeidea.
The type-genus of the family is '' Protomicrocotyle''. The genus was created in 1922 by Thomas Harvey Johnston and Oscar Werner Tiegs for a worm previously ...
Johnston & Tiegs, 1922
*
Pyragraphoridae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
Yamaguti, 1963
;According to the
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
:
WoRMS
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* Allodiscocotylidae
Allodiscocotylidae is a family of Monogenea, monogeneans within the order Mazocraeidea, containing 6 genera. Members of this family primarily host species of fish, such as ''Allodiscocotyla chorinemi'' hosting ''Doublespotted queenfish, Scomberoi ...
* Allopyragraphoridae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
* Anchorophoridae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
* Anthocotylidae
* Axinidae
* Bychowskicotylidae
Bychowskicotylidae is a family of monogeneans in the order Mazocraeidea.WoRMS (2018). Bychowskicotylidae Lebedev, 1969. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518771 on 2018-08-10 The name of the family, and of its type- ...
* Chauhaneidae
* Diclidophoridae
Diclidophoridae is a family of Monogenea, monogeneans within the order Mazocraeidea.
Genera
Placed by World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS:
* ''Absonifibula''
* ''Allodiclidophora''
* ''Allotagia''
* ''Atlanticotyle''
* ''Bravocotyle' ...
* Diplozoidae
* Discocotylidae
Discocotylidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Mazocraeidea.
Genera:
* '' Allocotylophora'' Dillon & Hargis, 1965
* '' Anthocotyle'' Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
* '' Bicotylophora'' Price, 1936
* '' Discocotyle'' Diesing, 1850
* ...
* Gastrocotylidae
* Gotocotylidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
* Heteraxinidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gast ...
* Heteromicrocotylidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
* Hexostomatidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
* Macrovalvitrematidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
* Mazocraeidae
* Megamicrocotylidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gast ...
* Microcotylidae
Microcotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.WoRMS (2018). Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119247 on 2018-12-03 All the species in this family are parasitic on ...
* Monaxinoididae
* Neothoracocotylidae
* Octolabeidae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
* Paramonaxinidae
* Plectanocotylidae
Plectanocotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.WoRMS (2018). Plectanocotylidae Monticelli, 1903. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119249 on 2018-12-29
All the species in this family are parasi ...
* Protomicrocotylidae
Protomicrocotylidae is a family of monogenean parasites in the order Mazocraeidea.
The type-genus of the family is '' Protomicrocotyle''. The genus was created in 1922 by Thomas Harvey Johnston and Oscar Werner Tiegs for a worm previously ...
* Pseudodiclidophoridae
* Pterinotrematidae
* Pyragraphoridae
Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gas ...
* Thoracocotylidae
References
Platyhelminthes orders
Polyopisthocotylea
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