Acanthocotyle
| Acanthocotyle | |
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| Holotype of Acanthocotyle pacifica (Smithsonian USNM 1321941) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Gyrodactylidea |
| Family: | Acanthocotylidae |
| Genus: | Monticelli, 1888 |
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Allacanthocotyla Yamaguti, 1963 | |
Acanthocotyle is a genus of monogenean fish skin parasites.[3]
References
- ^ The fine structure and function of the adult epidermis of two skin parasitic monogeneans, Entobdella soleae and Acanthocotyle elegans. KM Lyons, Parasitology, 1970
- ^ Host skin mucus as a hatching stimulant in Acanthocotyle lobianchi, a monogenean from the skin of Raja spp. S MacDonald, Parasitology, 1974
- ^ 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