Protocotyle

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Protocotyle
File:Protocotyle euzetmaillardi body.jpg
Protocotyle euzetmaillardi Justine, 2011
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Diclybothriidea
Family: Hexabothriidae
Genus: Protocotyle
Euzet & Maillard, 1974
Type species
Protocotyle taschenbergi
(Maillard & Oliver, 1966) Euzet & Maillard, 1974
Species

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File:Hexanchus nakamurai JNC2615 body 1.JPG
Sixgill sharks, such as Hexanchus nakamurai here, are hosts of species of Protocotyle

Protocotyle is a genus of monogeneans in the family Hexabothriidae. The genus was created by Louis Euzet and Claude Maillard in 1974.

Protocotyle includes only three species, which are all parasitic on the gills of sharks of the genus Hexanchus, namely Hexanchus griseus and Hexanchus nakamurai. The species are:

References

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  2. ^ Cerfontaine, Paul. 1899: Contribution à l'étude des Octocotylidés. V. Les Onchocotylinae. Archives de Biologie, 16, 345-478 + Plates 18-21.
  3. ^ a b Euzet, L. & Maillard, C. 1974: Les Monogènes Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Historique, systématique, phylogenèse. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 3° série, 206, Zoologie 136, 113-141.
  4. ^ Maillard, C. & Oliver, G. 1966: Monogenea, Hexabothriidae. Vie et Milieu Série A: Biologie marine, 17, 1201-1216.

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