Gastrocotylidae
Sign in to saveGastrocotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans. All the species in this family are parasitic on fish.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassMonogenea
- OrderMazocraeidea
- FamilyGastrocotylidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- Family
- Gastrocotylidae
- Collections
- TTU, AM, QM
- Recorded in
- United States, New Caledonia, American Samoa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mazocraeidea
- Image
- Monogenea 120 Page 041 Amphipolycotyle chloroscombrus Hargis, 1957 Gastrocotylidae.png
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- taxon name
- Gastrocotylidae
- taxon rank
- family
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- Category:Gastrocotylidae
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- Gastrocotylidae
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Systematics
- Subfamilies
- References
Gastrocotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans. All the species in this family are parasitic on fish.
==Systematics== The gastrocotylids are known by their rather very diffuse distribution, and a marqued preference for scombroid fishes and carangids.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gastrocotylidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.