Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Polyopisthocotylea > Superorder Oligonchoinea > Order Mazocraeidea > Suborder Mazocraeinea > Family Mazocraeidae > Genus Pseudanthocotyloides

Pseudanthocotyloides heterocotyle (Van Beneden, 1871) Euzet & Prost, 1969

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudanthocotyloides*	Price, 1958	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Octostoma heterocotyle*	Van Beneden, 1871	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	Rahimian, H., Longshaw, M., Mackenzie, K. & Thulin, J. (1999). Pseudanthocotyloides heterocotyle (van Beneden, 1871) Euzet & Prost, 1969 (Monogenea, Polyopisthocotylea, Mazocraeidae), a parasite of herring Clupea harengus L. and sprat Sprattus sprattus L. (Teleostei: Clupeidae). Systematic Parasitology 42 193-201.
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	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	Derbel, H.; Châari, M.; Neifar, L. (2022). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Tunisian aquatic vertebrates. Helminthologia. 59(2): 179-199.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Pseudanthocotyloides heterocotyle (Van Beneden, 1871) Euzet & Prost, 1969. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119730