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

Plectanocotyle gurnardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Llewellyn, 1941

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plectanocotyle*	Diesing, 1850	accepted genus name
*Phyllocotyle*	Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863	synonym

Species group names

*Phyllocotyle gurnardi*	Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863	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	Akmirza, A. (2013). Monogeneans of Fishes near Gökçeada, in Turkey. TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY.
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	Boudaya, L.; Neifar, L.; Euzet, L. (2006). Plectanocotyle major n. sp. (Monogenea, Plectanocotylidae), a gill parasite of Chelidonichthys obscurus (Teleostei: Triglidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Folia Parasitologica. 53: 53-56.
additional source	Boukadoum, A.; Tazerouti, F. (2024(2025)). Comprehensive annotated checklist of monogenean diversity and distribution in Algerian marine fish. Systematic Parasitology. 102:13.
redescription	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.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Plectanocotyle gurnardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Llewellyn, 1941. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119773