Acanthocotylidae

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Acanthocotylidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Gyrodactylidea
Family: Acanthocotylidae
Monticelli, 1903[1]
Genera
Synonyms
  • Acanthocotylinae Monticelli, 1903
  • Allacanthocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963
  • Lophocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963
  • Pseudacanthocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963

Acanthocotylidae is a family of monogenean fish skin parasites.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Per una nuova classificazione degli “Heterocotylea” FS Monticelli - Monitore Zoologico Italiano, 1903
  • North American monogenetic trematodes. II. The families Monocotylidae, Microbothriidae, Acanthocotylidae and Udonellidae (Capsaloidea). EW Price - Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 1938
  • Myxinidocotyle gen. n. and Lophocotyle Braun (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Acanthocotylidae) with descriptions of three new species from hagfishes (Chordata ...G MALMBERG, BO FERNHOLM - Zoologica Scripta, 1989