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 Microcotylinae > Genus Pauciconfibula

Pauciconfibula draconis (Briot, 1904) DilIon & Hargis, 1965

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pauciconfibula*	Dillon & Hargis, 1965	accepted genus name
*Bradyhaptorus*	Unnithan, 1971	synonym

Species group names

*Microcotyle draconis*	Briot, 1904	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Mamaev, Yu.L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica. 33: 199-206.
additional source	Boukadoum, A.; Tazerouti, F. (2024(2025)). Comprehensive annotated checklist of monogenean diversity and distribution in Algerian marine fish. Systematic Parasitology. 102:13.
redescription	Azizi, R.; Bouguerche, C.; Santoro, M.; Gey, D.; Tazerouti, F.; Justine, J.-L.; Bahri, S. (2021). Redescription and molecular characterization of two species of Pauciconfibula (Monogenea, Microcotylidae) from trachinid fishes in the Mediterranean Sea. Parasitology Research.