Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Polyopisthocotylea > Superorder Oligonchoinea > Order Mazocraeidea > Suborder Microcotylinea > Family Microcotylidae > Subfamily Microcotylinae > Genus Microcotyle

Microcotyle whittingtoni Víllora‑Montero, Pérez‑del‑Olmo, Georgieva, Raga & Montero, 2020

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MicrocotyleVan Beneden & Hesse, 1863accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Víllora-Montero, M.; Pérez-del-Olmo, A.; Georgieva, S.; Raga, J. A.; Montero, F. E. (2020). Considerations on the taxonomy and morphology of Microcotyle spp.: redescription of M. erythrini van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 (sensu stricto) (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) and the description of a new species from Dentex dentex (L.) (Teleostei: Sparidae). Parasites & Vectors. 13(1).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Microcotyle whittingtoni Víllora-Montero, Pérez-del-Olmo, Georgieva, Raga & Montero, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424331

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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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Last modified

2020-03-08 by David Gibson

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