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

Mycteronastes icopae (Beverley-Burton & Williams, 1989) Kearn & Beverley-Burton, 1990

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mycteronastes*	Kearn & Beverley-Burton, 1990	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Merizocotyle icopae*	Beverley-Burton & Williams, 1989	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	Ingelbrecht, J., K.O. Lear, A.J. Lymbery, R.L. Bateman, B.M. Norman, S.B. Martin, T. Fazeldean, & D.L. Morgan. (2024). Ectoparasites of the Critically Endangered Giant Shovelnose Ray Glaucostegus typus in the Eastern Indian Ocean, with a Summary of the Known Metazoan Parasites. Acta Parasitologica. 69(4):1-18. SEP 2024.
additional source	Kritsky, D. C.; Chisholm, L. A. (2020). Monocotylids (Monogenoidea) infecting elasmobranchs in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with descriptions of Calicotyle cutmorei n. sp. (Calicotylinae) and Dendromonocotyle raiae n. sp. (Monocotylinae). Systematic Parasitology.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Mycteronastes icopae (Beverley-Burton & Williams, 1989) Kearn & Beverley-Burton, 1990. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119622