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

Erpocotyle laevis Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Erpocotyle*	Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863	accepted genus name
*Neoerpocotyle*	Price, 1942	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	Vaughan, D. B.; Christison, K. W.; Hansen, H.; Bullard, S. A. (2023). Species of Hexabothriidae (Monogenea) may have extensive distribution ranges reflecting multiple host species: evidence from three new South African records. Zootaxa. 5254(2): 151-180.