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

Hexabothrium appendiculatum (Kuhn, 1829) von Nordmann, 1840

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hexabothrium*	von Nordmann, 1840	accepted genus name
*Onchocotyle*	Diesing, 1850	synonym

Species group names

*Polystoma appendiculatum*	Kuhn, 1829	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	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	Derbel, H.; Châari, M.; Neifar, L. (2022). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Tunisian aquatic vertebrates. Helminthologia. 59(2): 179-199.
additional source	Santoro, M.; Bellisario, B.; Fernández‐Álvarez, F. Á.; Crocetta, F.; Palomba, M. (2022). Parasites and prey of the nursehound shark Scyliorhinus stellaris (Linnaeus, 1758): Insights into hidden trophic web interactions in the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Fish Biology.
additional source	Moore, A.B.M. (2001). Metazoan parasites of the lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula and their potential as stock discrimination tools. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 81, 1009-1013.