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Genus of flatworms

Acanthocotyle
Holotype of Acanthocotyle pacifica (Smithsonian USNM 1321941)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Gyrodactylidea
Family: Acanthocotylidae
Genus: Acanthocotyle
Monticelli, 1888
Species
Synonyms

Allacanthocotyla Yamaguti, 1963

Acanthocotyle is a genus of monogenean fish skin parasites.

References

  1. The fine structure and function of the adult epidermis of two skin parasitic monogeneans, Entobdella soleae and Acanthocotyle elegans. KM Lyons, Parasitology, 1970
  2. Host skin mucus as a hatching stimulant in Acanthocotyle lobianchi, a monogenean from the skin of Raja spp. S MacDonald, Parasitology, 1974
  3. Feeding in some monogenean skin parasites: Entobdella soleae on Solea solea and Acanthocotyle sp. on Raia clavata. GC Kearn, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the …, 1963
Taxon identifiers
Acanthocotyle


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