Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Polyopisthocotylea > Order Diclybothriidea

Hexabothriidae Price, 1942

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dasyonchocotyle Hargis, 1955
Epicotyle Euzet & Maillard, 1974
Erpocotyle incertae sedis
Erpocotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
Heteronchocotyle Brooks, 1934
Hexabothrium (incertae sedis)
Hexabothrium von Nordmann, 1840
Mobulicola Patella & Bullard, 2013
Neonchocotyle Ktari & Maillard, 1972
Protocotyle Euzet & Maillard, 1974
Rajonchocotyle (incertae sedis)
Rajonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899
Squalonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899

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
additional source	Vaughan, D. B.; Christison, K. W.; Hansen, H.; Bullard, S. A. (2023). Species of Hexabothriidae (Monogenea) may have extensive distribution ranges reflecting multiple host species: evidence from three new South African records. Zootaxa. 5254(2): 151-180.
additional source	Chero, J. D.; Cruces, C. L.; Sáez, G.; Camargo, A. C. A.; Santos, C. P.; Luque, J. L. (2019). Redescription and First Nucleotide Sequences of Rhinobatonchocotyle pacifica Oliva & Luque, 1995 (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae), a Parasite of Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880) (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from Peru. Acta Parasitologica.
taxonomy source	Euzet, L.; Maillard, C. (1974). Les Monogènes Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Historique, systématique, phylogenèse. BULLETIN DU MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE. 3e série, n° 206, Zoologie 136, 113 - 141.
identification resource	Chero, J. D.; Cruces, C. L.; Sáez, G.; Camargo, A. C. A.; Santos, C. P.; Luque, J. L. (2018). Hypanocotyle bullardi n. gen. n. sp. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from gill of the diamond stingray Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan et Gilbert) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean off Peru. Parasitology International. 67(4): 425-430.