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

Heterocotyle forcifera Neifar, Euzet & Ben Hassine, 1999

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heterocotyle*	Scott, 1904	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Neifar, L.; Euzet, L.; Ben Hassine, O.K. (1999). Trois nouveaux Heterocotyle (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) parasites branchiaux de Taeniura grabata (Euselachii, Dasyatidae) en Tunisie. Zoosystema. 21(2), 157-170.
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	Derbel, H.; Châari, M.; Neifar, L. (2022). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Tunisian aquatic vertebrates. Helminthologia. 59(2): 179-199.