Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Monopisthocotylea > Order Gyrodactylidea > Family Acanthocotylidae

Acanthocotyle Monticelli, 1888

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudacanthocotyla*	Yamaguti, 1963	synonym

Children

Acanthocotyle elegans Monticelli, 1890
Acanthocotyle greeni Macdonald & Llewellyn, 1980
Acanthocotyle lobianchi Monticelli, 1888
Acanthocotyle monticellii Scott, 1902
Acanthocotyle verrilli Goto, 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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
taxonomy source	Kearn, G.C., Whittington, I.; Chisholm, L.; Evans-Gowing, R. (2016). A new species of Acanthocotyle Monticelli, 1888 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Acanthocotylidae) from the ventral skin of the banded stingaree, Urolophus cruciatus (Lacépède, 1804), from Tasmania, Australia. Acta Parasitologica. 61(3).
identification resource	Kearn, G.C., Whittington, I.; Chisholm, L.; Evans-Gowing, R. (2016). A new species of Acanthocotyle Monticelli, 1888 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Acanthocotylidae) from the ventral skin of the banded stingaree, Urolophus cruciatus (Lacépède, 1804), from Tasmania, Australia. Acta Parasitologica. 61(3).