Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Monopisthocotylea > Order Monocotylidea > Family Monocotylidae

Merizocotylinae Johnston & Tiegs, 1922

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Empruthotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922
Merizocotyle Cerfontaine, 1894
Mycteronastes Kearn & Beverley-Burton, 1990
Thaumatocotyle Scott, 1904

Literature

redescription

Kheddam, H.; Chisholm, L. A.; Tazerouti, F. (2020). Septitrema lichae n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissues of the deep-sea kitefin shark, Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre) (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae), off Algeria. Systematic Parasitology.

redescription

Derouiche, I.; Neifar, L.; Gey, D.; Justine, J.-L.; Tazerouti, F. (2019). Holocephalocotyle monstrosae n. gen. n. sp. (Monogenea, Monocotylidae) from the olfactory rosette of the rabbit fish, Chimaera monstrosa (Holocephali, Chimaeridae) in deep waters off Algeria. Parasite. 26: 59.

redescription

Bullard, S. A.; Warren, M. B.; Dutton, H. R. (2021). Redescription of Cathariotrema selachii (MacCallum, 1916) Johnston and Tiegs, 1922 (Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae), Emendation of Monotypic Cathariotrema Johnston and Tiegs, 1922, and Proposal of Cathariotrematinae n. subfam. Based on Morphological and Nucleotide Evidence. Journal of Parasitology. 107(3).

identification resource

Kheddam, H.; Chisholm, L. A.; Tazerouti, F. (2020). Septitrema lichae n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the nasal tissues of the deep-sea kitefin shark, Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre) (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae), off Algeria. Systematic Parasitology.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Merizocotylinae Johnston & Tiegs, 1922. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1380373

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2019-09-26 by David Gibson

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