Acanthocotyle

Acanthocotyle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Subclass:	Monopisthocotylea
Order:	Gyrodactylidea
Family:	Acanthocotylidae
Genus:	Acanthocotyle; Monticelli, 1888
Species
	Acanthocotyle elegans[1]; Acanthocotyle lobianchi[2];
Synonyms
	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

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