Biology:Microcotyle branchiostegi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Microcotylidae |
| Genus: | Microcotyle |
| Species: | M. branchiostegi
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| Microcotyle branchiostegi Yamaguti, 1937
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Microcotyle branchiostegi is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae. [2]
Taxonomy
Microcotyle branchiostegi was first described by Yamaguti in 1937 from the gills of the horsehead tilefish Branchiostegus japonicus off Japan . [2] Unnithan (1971) placed this species in the new genus and subgenus Caenomicrocotyle as Caenomicrocotyle (Caenomicrocotyle) branchiostegi.[1] However, this genus and this subgenus were returned into the genus Microcotyle by Mamaev. [3]
Hosts and localities
The type-host is the horsehead tilefish Branchiostegus japonicus (Malacanthidae). The type-locality is off Japan . [2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Unnithan, R. V. (1971). On the functional morphology of a new fauna of Monogenoidea on fishes from Trivandrum and environs. Part IV. Microcotylidae sensu stricto and its repartition into subsidiary taxa. American Midland Naturalist, 366-398.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Yamaguti, S. (1937a). Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 17. Trematodes From a Marine Fish, Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn). Published by the author. pp. 1–19.
- ↑ Mamaev, Y. L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica, 33, 199-206. PDF
Wikidata ☰ Q59388932 entry
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