WoRMS name details
Hexacotyle Blainville, 1828
717493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717493)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Hexacotyle acuta Goto, 1894 accepted as Hexostoma acutum (Goto, 1894) Sproston, 1946 accepted as Homostoma acutum (Goto, 1894) Unnithan, 1965 (Superseded combination)
- Species Hexacotyle dissimilis Yamaguti, 1937 accepted as Hexostoma dissimile (Yamaguti, 1937) Sproston, 1946 (Superseded combination)
- Species Hexacotyle elegans Nordmann, 1840 accepted as Diclybothrium armatum Leuckart, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Hexacotyle extensicauda Dawes, 1940 accepted as Hexostoma extensicaudum (Dawes, 1940) Sproston, 1946 accepted as Neohexostoma extensicaudum (Dawes, 1940) Price, 1961 (Superseded combination)
- Species Hexacotyle grossa Goto, 1894 accepted as Hexostoma grossum (Goto, 1894) Sproston, 1946 (Superseded combination)
- Species Hexacotyle thynni (Delaroche, 1811) Blainville, 1828 accepted as Hexostoma thynni (Delaroche, 1811) Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
feminine
Not documented
WoRMS (2026). Hexacotyle Blainville, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717493 on 2026-07-22
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Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
