Plectanocotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.WoRMS (2018). Plectanocotylidae Monticelli, 1903. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119249 on 2018-12-29 All the species in this family are parasitic on the gills of marine fish.
Genera According to the World Register of Marine Species, the family includes these genera:
Adenicola Mamaev & Parukhin, 1972Mamaev, Yu. L., & Parukhin, A. M. (1972). [New subfamily Adenicolinae subfam. n. (Monogenoidea, Plectanocotylidae)] (English title: A new subfamily Adenicolinae Subfam. n. (Monogenoidea: Plectanocotylidae)). Parazitologiia, 6(6), 259-268. [in Russian] Euzetplectanocotyle Mamaev & Tkachuk, 1979Mamaev, Y. L., & Tkachuk, L. P. (1979). Euzetplectanocotyle hoplosteti gen. et sp. nov., a new monogenean representative of the family Plectanocotylidae (Monogenea). Biologiya Morya, 72-75. Inversocotyle Mamaev & Parukhin, 1972 Octoplectanocotyla Yamaguti, 1937Yamaguti, S. (1937). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 19. Fourteen new ectoparasitic trematodes of fishes: Printed by the author. Peristedionelia Mamaev & Parukhin, 1972 Plectanocotyle Diesing, 1850 including Plectanocotyle gurnardi, Plectanocotyle major and Plectanocotyle lastovizae Plectanocotyloides Euzet & Suriano, 1974Euzet, L., & Suriano, D. M. (1973). Plectanocotyloides obscurum n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea) parasite branchial d'Aspitrigla obscura (Téléostéen) en Méditerranée. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 3e série, Zoologie, 137, 807-813. PDF in BioNames Triglicola Mamaev & Parukhin, 1972 Triglicoloides Mamaev & Parukhin, 1972Mamaev, Y. L., & Parukhin, A. M. (1972). [New Monogenea of the family Plectanocotylidae Poche] (English title: Monogeneans of the family Plectanocotylidae Poche, 1926, new representative of the subfamily Plectanocotylinae). Parazitologiia, 6(1), 65-74. [in Russian]
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