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Acanthocotyle

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Acanthocotyle
Holotype of Acanthocotyle pacifica (Smithsonian USNM 1321941)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  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