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

Prostatomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1968

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aspinatrium Yamaguti, 1963
Polylabris Euzet & Cauwet, 1967

Literature

original description

Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 287 pp.

redescription

Hayward, C.J. (1996). Revision of the monogenean genus Polylabris (Microcotylidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 10(5): 995-1039.

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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Prostatomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1968. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1043717

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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Last modified

2018-10-29 by David Gibson

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