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

Thaumatocotyle tunisiensis Neifar, Euzet & Ben Hassine, 2000

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thaumatocotyle*	Scott, 1904	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Neifar, L., Euzet,L., & Ben Hassine, O.K. (2000). New species of the Monocotylidae (Monogenea) from the stingray Dasyatis tortonesi (Euselachii, Dasyatidae) off the Tunisian coast, with comments on host specificity and the specific identities of Mediterranean stingrays. Systematic Parasitology. 47: 43-50.
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.
additional source	Boukadoum, A.; Tazerouti, F. (2024(2025)). Comprehensive annotated checklist of monogenean diversity and distribution in Algerian marine fish. Systematic Parasitology. 102:13.