''Genitocotyle'' is a

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trematodes Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as trematodes, and commonly as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is a moll ...

in the

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Opecoelidae Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes.Bray, Rodney A., Cribb, Thomas H., Littlewood, D. Timothy J. & Waesch ...

. The species of ''Genitocotyle'' are

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in certain marine fishes.

Species

*'' Genitocotyle acirrus'' Park, 1937 *'' Genitocotyle atlantica'' Manter, 1947Manter, H. W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. ''American Midland Naturalist'', 38, 257–416. *'' Genitocotyle cablei'' Nahhas & Short, 1965Nahhas, F. M. & Short, R. B. (1965). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Apalachee Bay, Gulf of Mexico. ''Tulane Studies in Zoology'', 12, 39–50. *'' Genitocotyle heterostichi'' Montgomery, 1957Montgomery, W. R. (1957). Studies on Digenetic Trematodes from Marine Fishes of La Jolla, California. ''Transactions of the American Microscopical Society'', 76(1), 13–36. *'' Genitocotyle mediterranea'' Bartoli, Gibson & Riutort, 1994Bartli, P., Gibson, D. & Riutort, J. (1994). ''Genitocotyle mediterranea'' n. sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae) from ''Symphodus ocellatus'' (Teleostei, Labridae) in the western Mediterranean. ''Parasite'', 1(4), 365–370.

References

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