Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Monopisthocotylea > Order Monocotylidea > Family Microbothriidae > Genus Microbothrium

Microbothrium apiculatum Olsson, 1869

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MicrobothriumOlsson, 1869accepted genus name

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

Llewellyn, J.; Green, J.E.; Kearn, G.C. (1984). A check-list of monogenean (Platyhelminth) parasites of Plymouth hosts. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 64: 881-887

additional source

Beverley-Burton, M. (1984). Monogenea and Turbellaria. In: Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada, Part 1. (Edited by L. Margolis & Z. Kabata). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa. 209 pp.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Hendrix, S.S. (1994). Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States. Platyhelminthes: Monogenea. U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington. Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Technical Report. No. NOAA-TR-NMFS-121: 107 pp.

additional source

Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). (1984). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part 1. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 74:1-209.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Microbothrium apiculatum Olsson, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119594

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Occurrence

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2004-12-21 by Rod Bray

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