Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Monopisthocotylea > Order Monocotylidea > Family Monocotylidae > Subfamily Merizocotylinae

Mycteronastes Kearn & Beverley-Burton, 1990

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mycteronastes icopae (Beverley-Burton & Williams, 1989) Kearn & Beverley-Burton, 1990
Mycteronastes undulatae Kearn & Beverley-Burton, 1990

Literature

original description	Kearn, G. C.; Beverley-Burton, M. (1990). Mycteronastes undulatae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal cavities of Raja undulata in the eastern Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 70(04): 747.
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].
additional source	Kritsky, D. C.; Bullard, S. A.; Bakenhaster, M. D.; Scharer, R. M.; Poulakis, G. R. (2017). Resurrection of Mycteronastes (Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae), with Description of Mycteronastes caalusi n. sp. from Olfactory Sacs of the Smalltooth Sawfish, Pristis pectinata (Pristiformes: Pristidae), in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida. Journal of Parasitology. 103(5): 477-485.
taxonomy source	Kritsky, D. C.; Bullard, S. A.; Bakenhaster, M. D.; Scharer, R. M.; Poulakis, G. R. (2017). Resurrection of Mycteronastes (Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae), with Description of Mycteronastes caalusi n. sp. from Olfactory Sacs of the Smalltooth Sawfish, Pristis pectinata (Pristiformes: Pristidae), in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida. Journal of Parasitology. 103(5): 477-485.