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

Erpocotyle sphyrnae (MacCallum, 1931) Price, 1942

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ErpocotyleVan Beneden & Hesse, 1863accepted genus name
Neoerpocotyle Price, 1942 synonym

Species group names

Squalonchocotyle sphyrnae MacCallum, 1931 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

redescription

Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 287 pp.

redescription

Dalrymple, K. M.; De Buron, I.; Hill-Spanik, K. M.; Galloway, A. S.; Barker, A.; Portnoy, D. S.; Frazier, B. S.; Boeger, W. A. (2022). Hexabothriidae and Monocotylidae (Monogenoidea) from the gills of neonate hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae) Sphyrna gilberti, Sphyrna lewini, and their hybrids from the western North Atlantic ocean. Parasitology. 1-48.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Erpocotyle sphyrnae (MacCallum, 1931) Price, 1942. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119697

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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