Hexabothriidae | |
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Protocotyle euzetmaillardi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Monogenea |
Order: | Diclybothriidea |
Family: | Hexabothriidae Price, 1942 [1] |
Genera | |
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Hexabothriidae is a family of monogenean parasites. The family name was proposed by Emmett W. Price in 1942. [1] The family includes 14-16 genera according to authors [2] [3] and about 60 species; all are parasitic on the gills of chondrichthyan fishes (rays, sharks and chimaeras). [3] [4]
Studies on phylogeny of monogeneans based on morphology, [5] molecules [6] or spermatozoa [7] suggest that the Hexabothriidae are a basal group within the Polyopisthocotylea.