Biology:Acanthocotyle

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Short description: Genus of flatworms

Acanthocotyle
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Gyrodactylidea
Family: Acanthocotylidae
Genus: Acanthocotyle
Monticelli, 1888
Species
Synonyms

Allacanthocotyla Yamaguti, 1963

Acanthocotyle is a genus of monogenean fish skin parasites.[3]

References

  1. The fine structure and function of the adult epidermis of two skin parasitic monogeneans, Entobdella soleae and Acanthocotyle elegans. KM Lyons, Parasitology, 1970
  2. Host skin mucus as a hatching stimulant in Acanthocotyle lobianchi, a monogenean from the skin of Raja spp. S MacDonald, Parasitology, 1974
  3. Feeding in some monogenean skin parasites: Entobdella soleae on Solea solea and Acanthocotyle sp. on Raia clavata. GC Kearn, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the …, 1963

Wikidata ☰ Q18581032 entry