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Notocotylus
Sign in to saveNotocotylus is a genus of trematodes belonging to the family Notocotylidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassTrematoda
- OrderPlagiorchiida
- FamilyNotocotylidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations0
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 176
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Notocotylidae
- Collections
- USNM, MSB
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, New Zealand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Notocotylidae
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- taxon name
- Notocotylus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Notocotylus is a genus of trematodes belonging to the family Notocotylidae.
Species in the genus are cosmopolitan parasites of mainly aquatic birds and, to a lesser extent, mammals (mostly rodents).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Notocotylus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.