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 Atriasterinae > Genus Sparicotyle

Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Mamaev, 1984

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sparicotyle*	Mamaev, 1984	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Microcotyle chrysophrii*	Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863	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	Mladineo, I. (2004). Monogenean parasites in Adriatic cage-reared fish. Acta Adriat. 45: 65-73
additional source	Riera-Ferrer, E.; Del Pozo, R.; Piazzon, M. C.; Sitjà-Bobadilla, A.; Estensoro, I.; Palenzuela, O. (2023). Sparicotyle chrysophrii experimental infection of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata): Establishment of an in vivo model reproducing the pathological outcomes of sparicotylosis. Aquaculture. 573: 739588.
additional source	Farjallah, S.; Amor, N.; Garippa, G.; Montero, F. E.; Víllora-Montero, M.; Mohamed, O. B.; Merella, P. (2022). Genetic variation of Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) from the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata (Teleostei: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Parasitology Research.
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	Mladineo, I. & Marsic-Lusic, J. (2006). Host switch of Lamellodiscus elegans (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea)and Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea) between cage-reared sparids. Veterinary Research Communications 31, 153-160
additional source	Lablack, L.; Rima, M.; Georgieva, S.; Marzoug, D.; Kostadinova, A. (2022). Novel molecular data for monogenean parasites of sparid fishes in the Mediterranean and a molecular phylogeny of the Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases. 2: 100069.
additional source	Derbel, H.; Châari, M.; Neifar, L. (2022). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Tunisian aquatic vertebrates. Helminthologia. 59(2): 179-199.
biology source	Mladineo, I.; Volpatti, D.; Beraldo, P.; Rigos, G.; Katharios, P.; Padros, F. (2023). Monogenean Sparicotyle chrysophrii: The major pathogen of the Mediterranean gilthead seabream aquaculture. Reviews in Aquaculture.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Sparicotyle chrysophrii (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Mamaev, 1984. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119770