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WoRMS taxon details

Microcotyle brevis Dillon & Hargis, 1965

AphiaID

414378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414378)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Microcotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863

Original name

Microcotyle brevis Dillon & Hargis, 1965

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Type data

Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Microcotyle brevis Dillon & Hargis, 1965. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414378 on 2026-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-09-16 08:36:41Z

created

db_admin

2011-03-02 10:34:42Z

changed

Gibson, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]

Other

additional source Kamio, Y.; Nitta, M. (2025). Redescription of Microcotyle elegans (Polyopisthocotyla: Microcotylidae) from Scombrops boops (Perciformes: Scombropidae) off Japanese Waters. Species Diversity. 30(2): 111-125., available online at https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.30.111 [details]