Genitocotyle

Genitocotyle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Opecoelidae
Subfamily:	Opecoelinae
Genus:	Genitocotyle ; Park, 1937

Last updated January 19, 2024

Genitocotyle is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. The species of Genitocotyle are endoparasitic in certain marine fishes.

Species

Genitocotyle acirrus Park, 1937^[1]
Genitocotyle atlantica Manter, 1947^[2]
Genitocotyle cablei Nahhas & Short, 1965^[3]
Genitocotyle heterostichi Montgomery, 1957^[4]
Genitocotyle mediterranea Bartoli, Gibson & Riutort, 1994^[5]

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References

1 2 Park, J. T. (1937). A new trematode, Genitocotyle acirrus gen. nov., sp. nov. (Allocreadiidae), from Holconotus rhodoterus. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 56(1), 67–71.
↑ Manter, H. W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. American Midland Naturalist, 38, 257–416.
↑ Nahhas, F. M. & Short, R. B. (1965). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Apalachee Bay, Gulf of Mexico. Tulane Studies in Zoology, 12, 39–50.
↑ Montgomery, W. R. (1957). Studies on Digenetic Trematodes from Marine Fishes of La Jolla, California. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 76(1), 13–36.
↑ Bartli, P., Gibson, D. & Riutort, J. (1994). Genitocotyle mediterranea n. sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae) from Symphodus ocellatus (Teleostei, Labridae) in the western Mediterranean. Parasite, 1(4), 365–370.

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[I-1] 1 2 Park, J. T. (1937). A new trematode, Genitocotyle acirrus gen. nov., sp. nov. (Allocreadiidae), from Holconotus rhodoterus. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 56(1), 67–71.

[II-2] Manter, H. W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. American Midland Naturalist, 38, 257–416.

[IV-3] Nahhas, F. M. & Short, R. B. (1965). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Apalachee Bay, Gulf of Mexico. Tulane Studies in Zoology, 12, 39–50.

[III-4] Montgomery, W. R. (1957). Studies on Digenetic Trematodes from Marine Fishes of La Jolla, California. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 76(1), 13–36.

[V-5] Bartli, P., Gibson, D. & Riutort, J. (1994). Genitocotyle mediterranea n. sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae) from Symphodus ocellatus (Teleostei, Labridae) in the western Mediterranean. Parasite, 1(4), 365–370.

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