Microcotyle cepolae

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Microcotyle cepolae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Mazocraeidea
Family: Microcotylidae
Genus: Microcotyle
Species:
M. cepolae
Binomial name
Microcotyle cepolae
Yamaguti, 1938
Synonyms

Paramicrocotyle cepolae (Yamaguti, 1938) Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1972 [1]

Microcotyle cepolae is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.[2]

Systematics

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Microcotyle cepolae was first described by Yamaguti in 1938.[2] In 1972, Caballero y Caballero and Bravo-Hollis erected the genus Paramicrocotyle to describe Paramicrocotyle tampicensis and Paramicrocotyle atriobursata off Mexico, and placed within this genus sixteen species previously assigned to the genus Microcotyle[3] including M. cepolae.[1] However, this species was returned to the genus Microcotyle by Mamaev in 1986.[4]

Hosts and localities

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File:Cepola macrophthalma 04.JPG
A species of bandfish similar to the one which is the host of Microcotyle cepolae

The host-type is the bandfish Cepola schlegelii (Cepolidae). The type-locality is off Japan.[2] Microcotyle cepolae was reported again from the type-host and locality.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Caballero y Caballero, E., & Bravo-Hollis, M. (1972). Monogenea (van Beneden, 1858) Carus, 1863 de peces marinos del litoral Mexicano del Golfo de Mexico y del Mar Caribe.V. Revista de Biología Tropical, 20, 151–165. PDF Open access icon
  2. ^ a b c Yamaguti,S.1937. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 19. Fourteen new ectoparasitic trematodes of fishes. 1937 pp. 28.
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  4. ^ Mamaev, Y. L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica, 33, 199–206. PDF Open access icon
  5. ^ Kamegai S, Ichihara A. 1972. A check list of the helminths from Japan and adjacent areas. Part I. Fish parasites reported by S. Yamaguti from Japanese waters and adjacent areas. Research Bulletin of the Meguro Parasitological Museum 6: 1-43.

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