''Discocotyle'' is a genus 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 belonging to the family
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
* ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Discocotyle ohridana''
Stojanovski, Hristovski, Baker, Cakic, Djikanovic, Stojanovic, Paunovic, Kulisic & Hristovski, 2005
* ''
Discocotyle sagittata''
(Leuckart, 1842) Diesing, 1850
* ''
Discocotyle salmonis''
References
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Polyopisthocotylea
Monogenea genera