Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Polyopisthocotylea > Order Diclybothriidea > Family Hexabothriidae

Erpocotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Neoerpocotyle*	Price, 1942	synonym

Children

Erpocotyle canis (Cerfontaine, 1899) Price, 1942
Erpocotyle catenulata (Guberlet, 1933) Yamaguti, 1963
Erpocotyle laevis Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
Erpocotyle maccallumi (Price, 1942) Yamaguti, 1963
Erpocotyle sphyrnae (MacCallum, 1931) Price, 1942

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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
identification resource	Suriano, D.M.; Labriola, J. B. (1998). Erpocotyle Van Beneden et Hesse, 1863 (Monogenea, Hexabothriidae), parasite of carcharhiniform fishes from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with the description of E. schmitti sp. n. Acta Parasitologica. 43(1): 4-10.