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 algeriensis Ayadi, Gey, Justine & Tazerouti, 2016

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microcotyle*	Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Ayadi, Z. E. M.; Gey, D.; Justine, J.-L.; Tazerouti, F. (2017). A new species of Microcotyle (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) from Scorpaena notata (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Parasitology International. 66(2): 37-42.
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	Víllora-Montero, M.; Pérez-del-Olmo, A.; Valmaseda-Angulo, M.; Raga, J.; Montero, F. (2023). The genus Microcotyle in Mediterranean scorpaenoids (Teleostei), including the description of Microcotyle merche n. sp. from Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809). Journal of Helminthology. 97.