Microcotylidae
Microcotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.[2] All the species in this family are parasitic on fish.
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| Microcotyle pomacanthi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 [1] |
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Subfamilies
According to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] as of December 2018 the family includes 7 subfamilies:
- Anchoromicrocotylinae Bravo-Hollis, 1981 [3]
- Atriasterinae Maillard & Noisy, 1979 [4] including Sparicotyle chrysophrii
- Metamicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963 [5]
- Microcotylinae Taschenberg, 1879 [1] including Microcotyle with many species.
- Prosomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963 [5]
- Prostatomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1968 [6]
- Syncoelicotylinae Mamaev & Zubchenko, 1978 [7][8]
References
- Taschenberg, E. O. (1879). Zur Systematik der monogenetischen Trematoden. Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Naturwissenschaft, 52, 232-265.
- WoRMS (2018). Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119247 on 2018-12-03
- 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
- 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.
- Yamaguti S. 1963. Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea. Interscience, a division of John Wiley & Sons, New York & London, 699 pp.>
- Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 287 pp.
- 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] PDF
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