Microcotylidae is a family of

polyopisthocotylea Polyopisthocotylea is a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea. WoRMS (2019). Polyopisthocotylea. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119220 on 2019-02-08Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum Volum ...

monogenea Monogeneans 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 have both male and female reprod ...

ns.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 biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

in this family are parasitic on

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...

Subfamilies

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 list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific speciali ...

, the family includes 7 subfamilies: *

Anchoromicrocotylinae Anchoromicrocotylinae is a subfamily within family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. This subfamily was created by Bravo-Hollis in 1981, to accommodate Monogeneans recovered from the gills of ''Atractoscion nobilis'' (Sciaenidae) (synonym of ...

Bravo-Hollis, 1981 Bravo-Hollis, M. (1981). Helmintos de peces del Pacífico mexicano XXXVI. Sobre un género y subfamilia nuevos de la familia Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Emend. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 8, 305-314 *

Atriasterinae Atriasterinae is a subfamily within family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. This subfamily was created by Maillard & Noisy in 1979. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species,WoRMS (2019). Atriasterinae Maillard & Noisy, ...

Maillard & Noisy, 1979 Maillard, C., & Noisy, D. (1979). ''Atrispinum acarne'' n g n sp.(Monogenea, Microcotylidae) parasite de ''Pagellus acarne'' (Teleostei) du golfe du Lion. Vie et Milieu, 28(29), 4. including ''

Sparicotyle chrysophrii ''Sparicotyle chrysophrii'' is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of the marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae. Its type-host is the gilt-head seabream (''Sparus aurata The gilt-head (sea) bream (''Sparus aurata' ...

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Metamicrocotylinae Metamicrocotylinae is a subfamily within family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. This subfamily was created by Yamaguti in 1963 Yamaguti S. 1963. Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea. Interscience, a division of John ...

Yamaguti, 1963 Yamaguti S. 1963. Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea. Interscience, a division of John Wiley & Sons, New York & London, 699 pp.> *

Microcotylinae Microcotylinae is a subfamily within family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. This subfamily was created by Taschenberg in 1879.Yamaguti S. 1963. Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea. Interscience, a division of John Wiley ...

Taschenberg, 1879 including ''

Microcotyle ''Microcotyle'' is a genus which belongs to the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Monogenea. Species of ''Microcotyle'' are ectoparasites that affect their host by attaching themselves as larvae on the gills of the fish and grow into adult stage ...

'' with many species. *

Prosomicrocotylinae Prosomicrocotylinae is a subfamily within family (biology), family Microcotylidae and Class (biology), class Monogenea. Members of Prosomicrocotylinae are characterized by their haptor divided into two separate marginal frills, each of which e ...

Yamaguti, 1963 * Prostatomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1968 Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 287 pp. *

Syncoelicotylinae Syncoelicotylinae is a subfamily within family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. Mamaev, Y. L., & Zubchenko, A. (1978). 2 New Genera of Higher Monogeneans from North-Atlantic. Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 57(8), 1131-1139. Members of Syncoelic ...

Mamaev & Zubchenko, 1978 Mamaev, Yu. L., & Zubchenko, A. V. 1978. [Мамаев Ю. Л., Зубченко А. В. Два новых рода высших моногеней из Северной Атлантики. Зоол. журн. 1978. Т. 57, вып. 8. С. 1131 — 1139.] Two new genera of higher monogeneans from the North Atlantic. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 57, 1131-1139. [in Russian]Mamaev, Yu. L., & Brashovian, P. P. (1989). [Ю. л. Мамаев , П. П. Брашовян, ''Syncoelicotyloides macruri'' gen . ет sp . n. — первый представитель подсемейств а Syncoelicotylinae (Microcotylidae, Monogenea) от макрурусовых рыб] ''Syncoelicotyloides macruri'' gen. et sp. n. the first representative of the subfamily Syncoelidotylinae (Microcotylidae, Monogenea) from macruriform fishes. Parazitologiia, 23(6), 532-536. [in Russian
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