WoRMS taxon details
Hexostomatidae Price, 1936
119245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119245)
accepted
Family
- Genus Hexostoma Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Homostoma Unnithan, 1965
- Genus Neohexostoma Price, 1961
- Genus Unnithania Gupta & Sachdeva, 1988 (uncertain, Described in an abstract)
- Genus Exacotyle Monticelli, 1888 accepted as Hexostoma Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hexacotyla Blainville, 1828 accepted as Hexostoma Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hexacotyle Blainville, 1828 accepted as Hexostoma Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Leptohexostoma Li, Zhu, Ding & Yuan, 2018 accepted as Neohexostoma Price, 1961 (Unpublished; described in a conference abstract.)
- Genus Plagiopeltis Diesing, 1850 accepted as Hexostoma Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish
Not documented
WoRMS (2026). Hexostomatidae Price, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119245 on 2026-10-17
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Ayadi, Z. E. M.; Tazerouti, F.; Gastineau, R.; Justine, J.-L. (2022). Redescription, complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic relationships of <i>Hexostoma thynni</i> (Delaroche, 1811) Rafinesque, 1815 (Monogenea, Hexostomatidae). <em>Parasite.</em> 29: 29., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2022030 [details]
redescription Price, E. W. (1961). North American Monogenetic Trematodes. VIII. The Family Hexostomatidae. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 28(1), 4-9. [details]
redescription Price, E. W. (1961). North American Monogenetic Trematodes. VIII. The Family Hexostomatidae. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 28(1), 4-9. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Santillán, L.A., C.L. Cruces, G.M. Sáez, R. Martínez-Rojas, A. Mondragón-Martínez, G.A.M. Morey, M. Quiñones, J.L. Luque & J.D. Chero. (2024). An Annotated Checklist of Monogeneans (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) from Aquatic Vertebrates in Peru: A Review of Diversity, Hosts and Geographical Distribution. <em>Animals.</em> 14(11): 1-17. Jun 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111542 [details] Available for editors 
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