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

Axinidae Monticelli, 1903

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Axine Abildgaard, 1794
Axinoides Yamaguti, 1938
Nudaciraxine Price, 1962

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
taxonomy source	Kritsky, D. C.; Bakenhaster, M. D. (2022). Axinids (Monogenoidea: Mazocraeidea: Microcotylinea) infecting the gill lamellae of some beloniform fishes in the Gulf of Mexico, with descriptions of Axine buccina n. sp. from Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani) and Nudaciraxine timucua n. sp. from Strongylura timucu (Walbaum). Systematic Parasitology.