Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Polyopisthocotylea > Superorder Oligonchoinea > Order Mazocraeidea > Suborder Microcotylinea

Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Atriasterinae Maillard & Noisy, 1979
Metamicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963
Microcotylinae Taschenberg, 1879
Prostatomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1968
Syncoelicotylinae Mamaev & Zubchenko, 1978

Literature

basis of record	Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 142-146
taxonomy source	Lablack, L.; Rima, M.; Georgieva, S.; Marzoug, D.; Kostadinova, A. (2022). Novel molecular data for monogenean parasites of sparid fishes in the Mediterranean and a molecular phylogeny of the Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases. 2: 100069.