Plectanocotyle

Plectanocotyle is a genus of monogeneans in the family Plectanocotylidae. It includes four species of parasites on the gills of fish:[1]

  • Plectanocotyle elliptica Diesing, 1850
  • Plectanocotyle gurnardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Llewellyn, 1941
  • Plectanocotyle lastovizae Ayadi, Tazerouti, Gey & Justine, 2022[1]
  • Plectanocotyle major Boudaya, Neifar & Euzet, 2006[2]

Plectanocotyle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Mazocraeidea
Family: Plectanocotylidae
Genus: Plectanocotyle

References
  1. Ayadi, Zouhour El Mouna; Tazerouti, Fadila; Gey, Delphine; Justine, Jean-Lou (2022-02-01). "A revision of Plectanocotyle (Monogenea, Plectanocotylidae), with molecular barcoding of three species and the description of a new species from the streaked gurnard Chelidonichthys lastoviza off Algeria". PeerJ. 10: e12873. doi:10.7717/peerj.12873. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8815378. PMID 35178303. open access
  2. Boudaya, Lobna; Neifar, Lassad; Euzet, Louis (2006). "Plectanocotyle major sp. n. (Monogenea: Plectanocotylidae), a gill parasite of Chelidonichthys obscurus (Teleostei: Triglidae) from the Mediterranean Sea". Folia Parasitologica. 53 (1): 53–56. doi:10.14411/fp.2006.004. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 16696431. open access
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