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

Pyragraphorus pyragraphorus (MacCallum & MacCallum, 1913) Sproston, 1946

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyragraphorus*	Sproston, 1946	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Microcotyle pyragraphorus*	MacCallum & MacCallum, 1913	synonym

Literature

additional source	Mamaev, Yu. L. (1990). THE SYSTEMATICAL COMPOSITION OF HETERAXINIDAE AND OTHER ALLIED FAMLIES OF MONOGENEA. Folia Parasitologica. 37 :225 -230.
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	Kohn, A.; Cohen, S. C.; Salgado-Maldinado, G. (2006). Checklist of Monogenea parasites of freshwater and marine fishes, amphibians and reptiles from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean. Zootaxa. 1289: 1–114.
additional source	Mendoza-Garfias B., García-Prieto L.; Pérez-Ponce De León G. (2017). Checklist of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Mexican aquatic vertebrates. Zoosystema. 39 (4): 501-598.
additional source	Cohen, S.C.; Justo, M.C.N.; Kohn, A. (2013). South American Monogenoidea parasites of fishes, amphibians and reptiles. FioCruz, Rio de Janeiro. 662 pp.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Pyragraphorus pyragraphorus (MacCallum & MacCallum, 1913) Sproston, 1946. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225834