MSBIAS taxon details
Hexabothriidae Price, 1942
marine, brackish, fresh
Price, E. W. (1942). North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae, n. n . (Polystomatoidea). <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9 (2), 39-56. [details]
MSBIAS (2026). Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119244 on 2026-03-31
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119244 on 2026-03-31
original description
Price, E. W. (1942). North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae, n. n . (Polystomatoidea). <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9 (2), 39-56. [details]
taxonomy source Dalrymple, K. M.; Razzolini, E. L.; Boeger, W. A. (2025). Total-evidence phylogenetic hypothesis of Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 109: 103107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2025.103107 [details]
taxonomy source Euzet, L.; Maillard, C. (1974). Les Monogènes Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Historique, systématique, phylogenèse. <em>BULLETIN DU MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE.</em> 3e série, n° 206, Zoologie 136, 113 - 141., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.272836 [details]
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
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]
additional source Vaughan, D. B.; Christison, K. W.; Hansen, H.; Bullard, S. A. (2023). Species of Hexabothriidae (Monogenea) may have extensive distribution ranges reflecting multiple host species: evidence from three new South African records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5254(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.1 [details]
additional source Chero, J. D.; Cruces, C. L.; Sáez, G.; Camargo, A. C. A.; Santos, C. P.; Luque, J. L. (2019). Redescription and First Nucleotide Sequences of Rhinobatonchocotyle pacifica Oliva & Luque, 1995 (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae), a Parasite of Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880) (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from Peru. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-019-00101-4 [details]
identification resource Price, E. W. (1942). North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae, n. n . (Polystomatoidea). <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9 (2), 39-56. [details]
identification resource Bullard & Dippenaar. 2003. Branchotenthes robinoverstreeti n. gen. and n. sp.(Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from gill filaments of the bowmouth guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma (Rhynchobatidae), in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Parasitology 89 (3 ): 595-601, available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0595:brngan]2.0.co;2
note: Key to genera [details]
identification resource Chero, J. D.; Cruces, C. L.; Sáez, G.; Camargo, A. C. A.; Santos, C. P.; Luque, J. L. (2018). Hypanocotyle bullardi n. gen. n. sp. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from gill of the diamond stingray Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan et Gilbert) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean off Peru. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 67(4): 425-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.03.010 [details]
taxonomy source Dalrymple, K. M.; Razzolini, E. L.; Boeger, W. A. (2025). Total-evidence phylogenetic hypothesis of Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 109: 103107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2025.103107 [details]
taxonomy source Euzet, L.; Maillard, C. (1974). Les Monogènes Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Historique, systématique, phylogenèse. <em>BULLETIN DU MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE.</em> 3e série, n° 206, Zoologie 136, 113 - 141., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.272836 [details]
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
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]
additional source Vaughan, D. B.; Christison, K. W.; Hansen, H.; Bullard, S. A. (2023). Species of Hexabothriidae (Monogenea) may have extensive distribution ranges reflecting multiple host species: evidence from three new South African records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5254(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.1 [details]
additional source Chero, J. D.; Cruces, C. L.; Sáez, G.; Camargo, A. C. A.; Santos, C. P.; Luque, J. L. (2019). Redescription and First Nucleotide Sequences of Rhinobatonchocotyle pacifica Oliva & Luque, 1995 (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae), a Parasite of Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880) (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from Peru. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-019-00101-4 [details]
identification resource Price, E. W. (1942). North American monogenetic trematodes. V. The family Hexabothriidae, n. n . (Polystomatoidea). <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9 (2), 39-56. [details]
identification resource Bullard & Dippenaar. 2003. Branchotenthes robinoverstreeti n. gen. and n. sp.(Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from gill filaments of the bowmouth guitarfish, Rhina ancylostoma (Rhynchobatidae), in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Parasitology 89 (3 ): 595-601, available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0595:brngan]2.0.co;2
note: Key to genera [details]
identification resource Chero, J. D.; Cruces, C. L.; Sáez, G.; Camargo, A. C. A.; Santos, C. P.; Luque, J. L. (2018). Hypanocotyle bullardi n. gen. n. sp. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from gill of the diamond stingray Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan et Gilbert) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean off Peru. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 67(4): 425-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.03.010 [details]
