WoRMS taxon details
Diclidophoridae Cerfontaine, 1895
Choricotylinae Sproston, 1946 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyclocotylinae Price, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Diclidophorinae Cerfontaine, 1895 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Eurysorchiinae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gempylitrematinae Yamaguti, 1968 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Megaloncidae Yamaguti, 1958 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Absonifibula Lawler & Overstreet, 1976
- Genus Allodiclidophora Yamaguti, 1963
- Genus Allotagia Dillon & Hargis, 1965
- Genus Atlanticotyle Mamaev & Zubchenko, 1978
- Genus Bravocotyle Lamothe-Argumedo, 1967
- Genus Campechia Zhukov & Mamaev, 1985
- Genus Chalguacotyle Villalba, 1987
- Genus Choricotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
- Genus Cyclobothrium Cerfontaine, 1895
- Genus Cyclocotyloides Price, 1943
- Genus Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838
- Genus Diclidophoropsis Gallien, 1937
- Genus Dussumericola Unnithan, 1966
- Genus Echinopelma Raecke, 1945
- Genus Eurysorchis Manter & Walling, 1958
- Genus Flexophora Prost & Euzet, 1962
- Genus Gempylitrema Yamaguti, 1968
- Genus Hargicotyle Mamaev, 1972
- Genus Helciferus Mamaev, 1972
- Genus Hemitagia Sproston, 1946
- Genus Heterobothrioides Mamaev & Parukhin, 1975
- Genus Heterobothrium Cerfontaine, 1895
- Genus Hexocyclobothrium Mamaev & Aleshkina, 1984
- Genus Inbjumia Mamaev & Parukhin, 1984
- Genus Keralina Unnithan, 1966
- Genus Lampanyctophilus Payne, 1986
- Genus Lebboia Mamaev & Parukhin, 1975
- Genus Macrouridophora Rubec & Dronen, 1994
- Genus Macruricotyle Mamaev & Lyadov, 1975
- Genus Mamaevicotyle Lamothe-Argumedo, 1984
- Genus Mamaevodiclidophora Rubec, 1991
- Genus Megaloncus Yamaguti, 1958
- Genus Neodiclidophora Gupta & Krishna, 1980
- Genus Neoheterobothrium Price, 1943
- Genus Olivacotyle Cruces, Chero, Sáez, Iannacone & Luque, 2017
- Genus Orbocotyle Euzet & Suriano, 1975
- Genus Osphyobothrus Yamaguti, 1958
- Genus Papillochoricotyle Mamaev, 1975
- Genus Paracyclocotyla Dollfus, 1970
- Genus Paraeurysorchis Tantalean, Martinez & Escalante, 1985
- Genus Paraheterobothrium Ogawa, Itoh & Oliva, 2021
- Genus Parapedocotyle Oliva, Sepulveda & González, 2014
- Genus Pedocotyle MacCallum, 1913
- Genus Polycliphora Lambert & Euzet, 1980
- Genus Polyipnicola Mamaev & Parukhin, 1975
- Genus Pseudoeurysorchis Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1962
- Genus Sauricotyle Unnithan, 1972
- Genus Teleurysorchis Gonzales & Sarmiento, 1990
- Genus Tribuliphorus Mamaev & Parukhin, 1977
- Genus Upenicola Unnithan, 1966
- Genus Urocotyle Unnithan, 1966
- Genus Zeicotyle Mamaev, 1976
- Genus Cyclocotyla Otto, 1821 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subfamily Parapedocotylinae Oliva, Sepulveda & González, 2014 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Platycotyle van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subfamily Choricotylinae Sproston, 1946 accepted as Diclidophoridae Cerfontaine, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Cyclocotylinae Price, 1943 accepted as Diclidophoridae Cerfontaine, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cyclostoma Otto, 1823 nec Lamarck, 1790 accepted as Cyclocotyla Otto, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cydobothrium Cerfontaine, 1895 accepted as Cyclobothrium Cerfontaine, 1895 (Lapsus)
- Genus Dactycotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 accepted as Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838 (Synonym)
- Genus Dactylocotyla Ishii, 1936 accepted as Kuhnia Sproston, 1945
- Genus Dactylocotyle Parona & Perugia, 1889 accepted as Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838 (synonym)
- Genus Diclidophora Diesing, 1850 accepted as Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838 (Synonym)
- Subfamily Diclidophorinae Cerfontaine, 1895 accepted as Diclidophoridae Cerfontaine, 1895 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Diclidophoroides Price, 1943 accepted as Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Eurysorchiinae Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Diclidophoridae Cerfontaine, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Gempylitrematinae Yamaguti, 1968 accepted as Diclidophoridae Cerfontaine, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hemanthicotyle Luna, Martínez & Tantaleán, 2015 accepted as Olivacotyle Cruces, Chero, Sáez, Iannacone & Luque, 2017 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Publication not compliant with Article 8.5 (2012) of the ICZN re. e-publications)
- Genus Mesocotyle Parona & Perugia, 1889 accepted as Allodiclidophora Yamaguti, 1963 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Myctophiphilus Mamaev, 1976 accepted as Polyipnicola Mamaev & Parukhin, 1975 (synonym)
- Genus Neodiclidophora Khoche, 1971 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Neodiclidophora Mamaev, 1987 accepted as Mamaevodiclidophora Rubec, 1991 (preoccupied)
- Genus Octobothrium Leuckart, 1827 accepted as Mazocraes Hermann, 1782 (synonym)
- Genus Octodactylus Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Octostoma Otto, 1823 nec Kuhn, 1829 accepted as Cyclocotyla Otto, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Podocotyle MacCallum, 1913 nec Dujardin, 1845 accepted as Pedocotyle MacCallum, 1913 (Pre-occupied)
- Genus Pseudodactylocotyla Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838 (Synonym)
- Genus Pseudoeurysorchis Tantalean, 1974 accepted as Paraeurysorchis Tantalean, Martinez & Escalante, 1985 (preoccupied)
- Genus Pterocotyle Beneden & Hesse, 1863 accepted as Octodactylus Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tagia Sproston, 1946 accepted as Heterobothrium Cerfontaine, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Upenicoloides Vijayalalitha Kumari, 1976 (no species designated)
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Our phylogenetic analyses were consistent with Mamaev’s hypothesis, who divided Diclidophoridae into Diclidophorinae and...
Taxonomic remark Our phylogenetic analyses were consistent with Mamaev’s hypothesis, who divided Diclidophoridae into Diclidophorinae and Choricotylinae and concluded that Neoheterobothrium was a genus belonging to Diclidophorinae. [details]
WoRMS (2026). Diclidophoridae Cerfontaine, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119239 on 2026-06-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Megaloncidae Yamaguti, 1958) Yamaguti, S. (1958). STUDIES ON THE HELMINTH FAUNA OF JAPAN PART 53. TREMATODES OF FISHES, XII. <em>Publ. Seto Mar. Bioi. Lab.</em> VII, 53-88, pl. II & IV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174599 [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Gempylitrematinae Yamaguti, 1968) Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. <em>University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.</em> 287 pp. [details]
original description (of Cyclocotylinae Price, 1943) Price, E. W. (1943). North American monogenetic trematodes: VI. The family Diclidophoridae (Diclidophoroidea). <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 33 (2), 44-54. [details]
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]
[request]original description (of Gempylitrematinae Yamaguti, 1968) Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. <em>University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.</em> 287 pp. [details]
original description (of Cyclocotylinae Price, 1943) Price, E. W. (1943). North American monogenetic trematodes: VI. The family Diclidophoridae (Diclidophoroidea). <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 33 (2), 44-54. [details]
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
Soler-Jiménez, L. C.; Hernández-Mena, D. I.; Centeno-Chalé, O. A.; Vidal-Martínez, V. M. (2021). A new species of Neoheterobothrium Price, 1943 (Monogenea, Diclidophoridae) from Syacium papillosum (Linnaeus) (Pleuronectiformes, Paralichthyidae) in the Yucatan Shelf, with notes on the validity of the subfamilies in the Diclidophoridae. <em>Parasitology Research.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-07044-0 [details]
redescription Price, E. W. (1943). North American monogenetic trematodes: VI. The family Diclidophoridae (Diclidophoroidea). <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 33 (2), 44-54. [details]
redescription Price, E. W. (1943). North American monogenetic trematodes: VI. The family Diclidophoridae (Diclidophoroidea). <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 33 (2), 44-54. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Iannacone, J., Alvarino, L. (2009). Quantitative aspects on the parasite fauna of Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi) (Osteichthyes, Haemulidae) captured during artisanal fishery at Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. <em>Revista Ibero-Latinoamericana de Parasitologia.</em> 1: 56–64. [details]
additional source Hargis, W. J. (1955). Monogenetic Trematodes of Gulf of Mexico Fishes. Part IX. The Family Diclidophoridae Fuhrmann, 1928. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 74(4), 377-388., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3224173 [details]
additional source Yamaguti, S. (1966). New Monogenetic Trematodes from Hawaiian Fishes, II,. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 20, 419-434.
note: Attributed to Fuhrmann, 1928. [details]
additional source Hargis, W. J. (1955). Monogenetic Trematodes of Gulf of Mexico Fishes. Part IX. The Family Diclidophoridae Fuhrmann, 1928. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 74(4), 377-388., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3224173 [details]
additional source Yamaguti, S. (1966). New Monogenetic Trematodes from Hawaiian Fishes, II,. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 20, 419-434.
note: Attributed to Fuhrmann, 1928. [details]
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Taxonomic remark Our phylogenetic analyses were consistent with Mamaev’s hypothesis, who divided Diclidophoridae into Diclidophorinae and Choricotylinae and concluded that Neoheterobothrium was a genus belonging to Diclidophorinae. [details]
