Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Monogenea > Subclass Polyopisthocotylea > Order Mazocraeidea > Family Discocotylidae > Genus Discocotyle

Discocotyle sagittata (Leuckart, 1842)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Octobothrium Leuckart, 1827

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Discocotyle*	Diesing, 1850	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Octobothrium sagittata*	Leuckart, 1842	objective 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	Margolis, L. and Z. Kabata (eds.). 1984. Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part 1. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74. 209 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Discocotyle sagittata (Leuckart, 1842). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119677

Dr David Gibson. Discocotyle sagittata (Leuckart, 1842). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=389255