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

Squalonchocotyle tropai (Teindeiro & Valdez, 1955) Euzet & Maillard, 1974

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Squalonchocotyle*	Cerfontaine, 1899	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Erpocotyle tropai*	Tendeiro & Valdez, 1955	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	Kheddam, H.; Justine, J.-L.; Tazerouti, F. (2016). Hexabothriid monogeneans from the gills of deep-sea sharks off Algeria, with the description of Squalonchocotyle euzeti n. sp. (Hexabothriidae) from the kitefin shark Dalatias licha (Euselachii, Dalatiidae). Helminthologia. 53(4).

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Squalonchocotyle tropai (Teindeiro & Valdez, 1955) Euzet & Maillard, 1974. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119716