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

Mazocraes Hermann, 1782

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Octobothrium*	Leuckart, 1827	synonym
*Octocotyle*	Diesing, 1850	synonym
*Octostoma*	Kuhn, 1829	synonym

Children

Mazocraes alosae Hermann, 1782
Mazocraes harengi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863)
Mazocraes pilchardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Sproston, 1946

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	Sailaja, B.; Shameem, U.; Madhavi, R. (2019). Two new species of Mazocraes Hermann (Monogenea: Mazocraeidae) from clupeoid fishes off Visakhapatnam, Bay of Bengal. Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 43(2): 313-318.