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

Rajonchocotyle emarginata (Olsson, 1876) Sproston, 1946

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rajonchocotyle*	Cerfontaine, 1899	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Onchocotyle emarginata*	Olson, 1876	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	Cohen, S.C.; Justo, M.C.N.; Kohn, A. (2013). South American Monogenoidea parasites of fishes, amphibians and reptiles. FioCruz, Rio de Janeiro. 662 pp.
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	Beverley-Burton, M. (1984). Monogenea and Turbellaria. In: Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada, Part 1. (Edited by L. Margolis & Z. Kabata). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa. 209 pp.
additional source	Hermans, R.; Vanhove, M. P.; Ditrich, O.; Tyml, T.; Gelnar, M.; Artois, T.; Kmentová, N. (2020). Parasitic flatworms infecting thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata: Infection by the monogeneans Acanthocotyle verrilli and Rajonchocotyle emarginata in Svalbard. Parasitology International. 102261.
additional source	Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). (1984). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part 1. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 74:1-209.
redescription	Vaughan, D. B.; Christison, K. W.; Hansen, H. (2023). Rajonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899 (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) Species from South Africa, with Discussion of the Literary Accounts of R. emarginata (Olsson, 1876). Journal of Parasitology. 109(3).
taxonomy source	Vaughan, D. B.; Christison, K. W.; Hansen, H. (2023). Rajonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899 (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) Species from South Africa, with Discussion of the Literary Accounts of R. emarginata (Olsson, 1876). Journal of Parasitology. 109(3).