Microcotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.WoRMS (2018). Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119247 on 2018-12-03 All the species in this family are parasitic on fish.
Subfamilies According to the World Register of Marine Species, the family includes 7 subfamilies:
Anchoromicrocotylinae Bravo-Hollis, 1981 Bravo-Hollis, M. (1981). Helmintos de peces del Pacífico mexicano XXXVI. Sobre un género y subfamilia nuevos de la familia Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Emend. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 8, 305-314 Atriasterinae Maillard & Noisy, 1979 Maillard, C., & Noisy, D. (1979). Atrispinum acarne n g n sp.(Monogenea, Microcotylidae) parasite de Pagellus acarne (Teleostei) du golfe du Lion. Vie et Milieu, 28(29), 4. including Sparicotyle chrysophrii Metamicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963 Yamaguti S. 1963. Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea. Interscience, a division of John Wiley & Sons, New York & London, 699 pp.> Microcotylinae Taschenberg, 1879 including Microcotyle with many species. Prosomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963 Prostatomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1968 Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 287 pp. Syncoelicotylinae Mamaev & Zubchenko, 1978 Mamaev, Yu. L., & Zubchenko, A. V. 1978. [Мамаев Ю. Л., Зубченко А. В. Два новых рода высших моногеней из Северной Атлантики. Зоол. журн. 1978. Т. 57, вып. 8. С. 1131 — 1139.] Two new genera of higher monogeneans from the North Atlantic. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 57, 1131-1139. [in Russian]Mamaev, Yu. L., & Brashovian, P. P. (1989). [Ю. л. Мамаев, П. П. Брашовян, Syncoelicotyloides macruri gen . ет sp . n. — первый представитель подсемейств а Syncoelicotylinae (Microcotylidae, Monogenea) от макрурусовых рыб] Syncoelicotyloides macruri gen. et sp. n. the first representative of the subfamily Syncoelidotylinae (Microcotylidae, Monogenea) from macruriform fishes. Parazitologiia, 23(6), 532-536. [in Russian] PDF
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