Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Polyopisthocotylea > Superorder Oligonchoinea > Order Mazocraeidea > Suborder Microcotylinea > Family Microcotylidae > Subfamily Metamicrocotylinae > Genus Metamicrocotyla

Metamicrocotyla cephalus (Azim, 1939) Hargis, 1954

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metamicrocotyla*	Yamaguti, 1953	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Microcotyle cephalus*	Azim, 1939	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	Özer, A. (2021). Checklist of Marine, Freshwater, and Aquarium Fish Parasites in Turkey. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication No: 62, Istanbul, Turkey,. 311 pp.
additional source	Mansour, A.; Sarabeev, V.; Balbuena, J. A. (2024). Checklist of monogeneans from Egyptian marine fishes, including some newly collected species. Systematic Parasitology. 101:28.