Microcotyle

Microcotyle is a genus which belongs to the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Monogenea. Species of Microcotyle are ectoparasites that affect their host by attaching themselves as larvae on the gills of the fish and grow into adult stage. This larval stage is called oncomiracidium, and is characterized as free swimming and ciliated.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Microcotyle donavini

speciesMicrocotyle donavini

Microcotyle bothi

speciesMicrocotyle bothi

Microcotyle hainanensis

speciesMicrocotyle hainanensis

Microcotyle longirostri

speciesMicrocotyle longirostri

Microcotyle constricta

speciesMicrocotyle constricta

Microcotyle brevis

speciesMicrocotyle brevis

Microcotyle poronoti

speciesMicrocotyle poronoti

Microcotyle peprili

speciesMicrocotyle peprili

Microcotyle polymixiae

speciesMicrocotyle polymixiae

Microcotyle emmelichthyops

speciesMicrocotyle emmelichthyops

Microcotyle eueides

speciesMicrocotyle eueides

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 967951.