Hexabothriidae is a family of monogenean parasites. The family name was proposed by Emmett W. Price in 1942.Price, E. W. 1942: North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae n. n. (Polystomatoidea). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 9, 39-56. PDF of entire volume The family includes 14-16 genera according to authors and about 60 species; all are parasitic on the gills of chondrichthyan fishes (rays, sharks and chimaeras).
Studies on phylogeny of monogeneans based on morphology,Boeger, W. A., & Kritsky, D. C. (2001). Phylogenetic relationships of the Monogenoidea. In D. T. J. Littlewood & R. A. Bray (Eds.), Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes (pp. 92-102). London & New York: Taylor and Francis molecules or spermatozoa suggest that the Hexabothriidae are a basal group within the Polyopisthocotylea.
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According to the World Register of Marine Species Bray, R. (2004). WoRMS (2015). Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at on 2015-12-04 Branchotenthes Bullard & Dippenaar, 2003
Callorhynchocotyle Suriano & Incorvaia, 1982 Suriano, D. M. & Incorvaia, I. S. 1982: Sistematica y biologia de Callorhynchocotyle marplatensis Gen. et sp. nov (Monogenea: Polyopisthocotylea) parasita de las branquias de Callorhynchus callorhynchus (Linné, 1758) Garman, 1904 (Pisces: Holocephali) de la region costera de Mar del Plata. Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales - Parasitologia (Buenos Aires), 2, 19-32. Dasyoncocotyle Hargis, 1955 Epicotyle Euzet & Maillard, 1974 Euzet, Louis & Maillard, Claude, 1974: Les Monogènes Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Historique, systématique, phylogenèse. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 3° série, 206, Zoologie 136, 113-141. Erpocotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 van Beneden, Pierre-Joseph & Hesse, C. E. 1863: Recherches sur les bdellodes ou hirudinées et les trématodes marins. Mémoires de l'Académie royale de Belgique, t. 34. Bruxelles: M. Hayez. BHL PDF (Erpocotyle laevis: pages 87-89) Heteronchocotyle Brooks, 1934 Hexabothrium von Nordmann, 1840 von Nordmann, Alexander 1840 Les vers (vermes). In: J.-B. de Lamarck, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres... Paris, 2 ed., III: 542-686. Mobulicola Patella & Bullard, 2013 Neonchocotyle Ktari & Maillard, 1972 Paraheteronchocotyle Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 (omitted in WoRMS but considered valid ) Pristonchocotyle Watson & Thorsen, 1976 Watson, D. E. & Thorson, Thomas B. 1976: Helminths from Elasmobranchs in Central American Fresh Waters. Investigations of the Ichthyofauna of Nicaraguan Lakes, Paper 52, 629-640. PDF Protocotyle Euzet & Maillard, 1974 (example: Protocotyle euzetmaillardi) Pseudohexabothrium Brinkmann, 1952 Brinkmann, A. Jr. 1952. Fish trematodes from Norwegian waters. I. The history of fish trematode investigations in Norway and the Norwegian species of the order Monogenea. Universitetet i Bergen, Årbok. Naturvitenskapelig rekke (1), 1-134. Rajonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899 Cerfontaine, Paul. 1899: Contribution à l'étude des Octocotylidés. V. Les Onchocotylinae. Archives de Biologie, 16, 345-478 + Plates 18-21. Rhinobatonchocotyle Doran, 1953 Squalonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899
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