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

Acanthocotyle elegans Monticelli, 1890

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthocotyle*	Monticelli, 1888	accepted genus name
*Pseudacanthocotyla*	Yamaguti, 1963	synonym

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	Strona, G.; Stefani, F.; Galli, P. (2010). Monogenoidean parasites of Italian marine fish: An updated checklist. Italian Journal of Zoology. 77(4): 419-437.