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

Cyclocotyla bellones Otto, 1823

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CyclocotylaOtto, 1821accepted genus name

Species group names

Diclidophora bellones (Otto, 1823) synonym

Literature

basis of record

Dawes, B. (1946). The trematoda: with special reference to British and other European forms. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK. xvi, 644, ill. pp.

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

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

López-Román, R.; De Armas Hernández, F. (1989). Monogeneans in sea fish of Canary Archipelago. Investigation in Parasitology. Collection of Papers. Vladivostok: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Far-East Branch. pp. 24-31 (In Russian).

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

Bouguerche, C.; Tazerouti, F.; Gey, D.; Justine, J.L. (2021). Triple barcoding for a hyperparasite, its parasitic host, and the host itself: a study of Cyclocotyla bellones (Monogenea) on Ceratothoa parallela (Isopoda) on Boops boops (Teleostei). Parasite. 28:1-12.

ecology source

Bouguerche, C., F. Tazerouti & J.L. Justine. (2022). Truly a hyperparasite, or simply an epibiont on a parasite? The case of Cyclocotyla bellones (Monogenea, Diclidophoridae). Parasite. 29:1-16.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Cyclocotyla bellones Otto, 1823. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225689

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

 Cyclocotyla species can enter phoretic relationships with parasitic isopods - this can confuse taxonomy and host identity. 
Cyclocotyla species can enter phoretic relationships with parasitic isopods - this can confuse taxonomy and host identity.

Importance

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