Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata

Monogenea Van Beneden, 1858

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Monopisthocotylea
Polyopisthocotylea

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: monogenean flukes; monogeneans
 Japanese: 単生綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Swedish: monogena sugmaskar

Literature

taxonomy source

Brabec, J.; Salomaki, E. D.; Kolísko, M.; Scholz, T.; Kuchta, R. (2023). The evolution of endoparasitism and complex life cycles in parasitic platyhelminths. Current Biology. 33(19): 4269-4275.e3.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Monogenea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=798

Dr. David Gibson. Monogenea Van Beneden, 1858. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1e1a7a85-dfab-4650-bfd1-9c922c64b034

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:798
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:16177

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2019-01-22 by Dr. David Gibson & by Tom Artois & by Dr. Rodney A. Bray

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