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Mazocraes Hermann, 1782

AphiaID

119371 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119371)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Mazocraes alosae Hermann, 1782

Parent

Mazocraeidae Price, 1936

Synonymised names

Octobothrium Leuckart, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)

Octocotyle Diesing, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)

Octoplectanum Diesing, 1858 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Octostoma Kuhn, 1829 · unaccepted (Synonym)

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Species Mazocraes alosae Hermann, 1782
Species Mazocraes australis Timi, Sardella & Etchegoin, 1999
Species Mazocraes bengalensis Sailaja, Shameem & Madhavi, 2019
Species Mazocraes brevoortia (Hargis, 1955) Mamaev, 1982
Species Mazocraes mehrai Gupta & Krishna, 1988
Species Mazocraes sardinopsi (Lebedev & Parukhin, 1969) Mamaev, 1982
Species Mazocraes sprostonai Gupta & Krishna, 1988
Species Mazocraes stolephorusi Sailaja, Shameem & Madhavi, 2019
Species Mazocraes tardoori Pillai & Pillai, 1978
Species Mazocraes villelai Tandeira & Valdez, 1955
Species Mazocraes harengi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Mazocraes pilchardi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Sproston, 1946 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Mazocraes bramae (Parona & Perugia, 1896) accepted as Winkenthughesia bramae (Parona & Perugia, 1896) Bychowsky, 1957 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mazocraes dussumerii Unnithan, 1964 accepted as Leptomazocraes dussumerii (Unnithan, 1964) Mamaev, 1975 (Superseded combination)
Species Mazocraes heterocotyle (Van Beneden, 1871) Sproston, 1946 accepted as Pseudanthocotyloides heterocotyle (Van Beneden, 1871) Euzet & Prost, 1969 (Superceded combination)
Species Mazocraes longicauda Mamaev, 1975 accepted as Pseudomazocraeoides longicauda (Mamaev, 1975) (Superseded combination)
Species Mazocraes macracanthum Meserve, 1938 accepted as Kuhnia macracantha (Meserve, 1938) Sproston, 1945 (Superseded combination)
Species Mazocraes orientalis Chauhan, 1952 accepted as Leptomazocraes orientalis (Chauhan, 1952) Mamaev, 1975 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Mazocraes trispina Unnithan, 1964 accepted as Leptomazocraes trispina (Unnithan, 1964) Mamaev, 1981 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Mazocraes Hermann, 1782. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119371 on 2026-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bray, Rod

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2011-02-23 14:16:44Z

checked

Gibson, David

2018-11-26 13:23:35Z

changed

Gibson, David

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Nomenclature

basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Sailaja, B.; Shameem, U.; Madhavi, R. (2019). Two new species of Mazocraes Hermann (Monogenea: Mazocraeidae) from clupeoid fishes off Visakhapatnam, Bay of Bengal. Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 43(2): 313-318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-019-01095-6 [details]

Other

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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