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

Plectanocotyle Diesing, 1850

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phyllocotyle*	Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863	synonym

Children

Plectanocotyle gurnardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Llewellyn, 1941
Plectanocotyle jeanloujustinei Cappelletti & Bouguerche, 2024
Plectanocotyle lastovizae Ayadi, Tazerouti, Gey & Justine, 2022
Plectanocotyle major Boudaya, Neifar & Euzet, 2006

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].
taxonomy source	Cappelletti, A.; Bouguerche, C. (2024). “Something old, something new, something borrowed, and the oioxeny is true”: Description of Plectanocotyle jeanloujustinei n. sp. (Polyopisthocotylea, Plectanocotylidae) from the MNHN Helminthology collection with novel molecular and morphological data for Plectanocotyle gurnardi sensu stricto from Sweden. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 100914.
taxonomy source	Ayadi, Z. E. M.; Tazerouti, F.; Gey, D.; Justine, J.-L. (2022). 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.