Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Polyopisthocotylea > Order Diclybothriidea > Family Hexabothriidae > Genus Heteronchocotyle

Heteronchocotyle gymnurae Neifar, Euzet & Ben Hassine, 2001

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Heteronchocotyle*	Brooks, 1934	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Neifar, L., Euzet, L. & Ben Hassine, O.K. (2001). Heteronchocotyle gymnurae sp.n. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae), a gill parasite of Gymnura altavela (Elasmobranchii: Gymnuridae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Comparative Parasitology. 68: 91-96.
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.
redescription	Vaughan, D. B.; Christison, K. W.; Hansen, H.; Bullard, S. A. (2023). Species of Hexabothriidae (Monogenea) may have extensive distribution ranges reflecting multiple host species: evidence from three new South African records. Zootaxa. 5254(2): 151-180.