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 pastinacae Scott, 1904

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heterocotyle*	Scott, 1904	accepted 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	Boukadoum, A.; Tazerouti, F. (2024(2025)). Comprehensive annotated checklist of monogenean diversity and distribution in Algerian marine fish. Systematic Parasitology. 102:13.
additional source	Derbel, H.; Châari, M.; Neifar, L. (2022). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Tunisian aquatic vertebrates. Helminthologia. 59(2): 179-199.
additional source	Vaughan, D. B.; Hansen, H.; Chisholm, L. A. (2024). Proposal of Troglocephalinae n. subfam. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) to accommodate existing and two new monocotylids from the gills of rhinopristiform shovelnose rays. Systematic Parasitology. 101:51.
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.
additional source	Neifar, L., Euzet, L., Ben Hassine, O.K. (1998). Nouveaux Monocotylidae (Monogenea), parasites branchiaux de Dasyatis pastinaca (L.) (Euselachii, Dasyatidae). Complements a la description de Heterocotyle pastinacae Scott, 1904. Systematic Parasitology 41 197-208.