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

Diclidophora minor (Olsson, 1876) Sproston, 1946

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diclidophora*	Krøyer, 1838	accepted genus name
*Dactycotyle*	Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863	synonym
*Dactylocotyle*	Parona & Perugia, 1889	synonym

Species group names

*Octobothrium minus*	Olsson, 1876	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	Strona, G.; Stefani, F.; Galli, P. (2010). Monogenoidean parasites of Italian marine fish: An updated checklist. Italian Journal of Zoology. 77(4): 419-437.
additional source	Cohen, S.C.; Justo, M.C.N.; Kohn, A. (2013). South American Monogenoidea parasites of fishes, amphibians and reptiles. FioCruz, Rio de Janeiro. 662 pp.
redescription	Rubec, L. A.; Dronen, N. O. (1994). Revision of the genus Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838 (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae), with the proposal of Macrouridophora n. g. Systematic Parasitology. 28(3): 159-185.