Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius

Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Monocotylidea
Family:	Monocotylidae
Genus:	Potamotrygonocotyle
Species:	P. dromedarius
Binomial name
	Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius; Domingues & Marques, 2007

Last updated November 02, 2025

Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius is a species of monogenean parasites of Brazilian stingrays in which it infects the gills.^[1] Specifically, it infect four different species of stingray: Ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro), Bigtooth river stingray (P. henlei), Xingu River ray (P. leopoldi), and an unidentified species of Potamotrygon.^[2]

References

↑ Lopes, D. A.; Mainenti, A.; Sanches, M.; Knoff, M.; Corrêa-Gomes, D. (2016). "Type material of platyhelminthes (Monogenoidea) housed in the helminthological collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute/ FIOCRUZ (CHIOC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1979 to 2016". ZooKeys (616): 1–75. Bibcode:2016ZooK..616....1L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.616.8481 . PMC 5027761 .
↑ Domingues, M.V.; Marques, F.P.L (2011). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Potamotrygonocotyle Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 (Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae) with a description of four new species". Journal of Helminthology . 85 (4): 353–380. doi:10.1017/S0022149X10000684. PMID 21087533.

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[Lopes_2016-1] Lopes, D. A.; Mainenti, A.; Sanches, M.; Knoff, M.; Corrêa-Gomes, D. (2016). "Type material of platyhelminthes (Monogenoidea) housed in the helminthological collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute/ FIOCRUZ (CHIOC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 1979 to 2016". ZooKeys (616): 1–75. Bibcode:2016ZooK..616....1L. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.616.8481 . PMC 5027761 .

[Domingues_2011-2] Domingues, M.V.; Marques, F.P.L (2011). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Potamotrygonocotyle Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 (Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae) with a description of four new species". Journal of Helminthology . 85 (4): 353–380. doi:10.1017/S0022149X10000684. PMID 21087533.

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