WoRMS taxon details
Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879
Caenomicrocotylinae Unnithan, 1971 · unaccepted
- Genus Anakohnia Bravo-Hollis, 1986
- Subfamily Anchoromicrocotylinae Bravo-Hollis, 1981
- Subfamily Atriasterinae Maillard & Noisy, 1979
- Genus Atriaster Lebedev & Parukhin, 1969
- Genus Atrispinum Euzet & Maillard, 1974
- Genus Bychowskicotyla Unnithan, 1971
- Genus Serranicotyle Maillard, Euzet & Silan, 1988
- Genus Sparicotyle Mamaev, 1984
- Genus Pagellicotyle Mamaev, 1984 accepted as Bychowskicotyla Unnithan, 1971 (Unjustified re-naming of Bychowskicotyla (nec Bychowskicotyle))
- Genus Diurix Unnithan, 1971
- Subfamily Metamicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963
- Subfamily Microcotylinae Taschenberg, 1879
- Genus Atriostella Unnithan, 1971
- Genus Bivagina Yamaguti, 1963
- Genus Caballeraxine Lebedev, 1972
- Genus Diplasiocotyle Sandars, 1944
- Genus Diplostamenides Unnithan, 1971
- Genus Gamacallum Unnithan, 1971
- Genus Jaliscia Mamaev & Egorova, 1977
- Genus Kahawaia Lebedev, 1969
- Genus Ktarius Hamdi, Benmansour, Ahmed, Gulsher & Bouguerche, 2024
- Genus Lutianicola Lebedev, 1970
- Genus Magniexcipula Bravo-Hollis, 1981
- Genus Microcotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
- Genus Microcotyloides Fujii, 1944
- Genus Monomacracanthus Mamaev, 1976
- Genus Neobivagina Dillon & Hargis, 1965
- Genus Omanicotyle Yoon, Al-Jufaili, Freeman, Bron, Paladini & Shinn, 2013
- Genus Paracaesicola Zhou, Li, Liu, Ding & Yuan, 2020
- Genus Paramicrocotyloides Rohde, 1978
- Genus Paranaella Kohn, Baptista-Farias & Cohen, 2000
- Genus Pauciconfibula Dillon & Hargis, 1965
- Genus Polymicrocotyle Lamothe-Argumedo, 1967
- Genus Polynemicola Unnithan, 1971
- Genus Pseudoaspinatrium Mamaev, 1986
- Genus Pseudobivagina Mamaev, 1986
- Genus Pseudoneobivagina Mamaev, 1986
- Genus Sciaenacotyle Mamaev, 1989
- Genus Sebasticotyle Mamaev & Egorova, 1977
- Genus Solostamenides Unnithan, 1971
- Genus Vulvostella Unnithan, 1971
- Genus Yogendrotrema Kumar & Agarwal, 1983
- Genus Neobivaginopsis Villalba, 1987
- Subfamily Prosomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963
- Subfamily Prostatomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1968
- Subfamily Syncoelicotylinae Mamaev & Zubchenko, 1978
- Genus Axinella Lebedev, Parukhin & Roitman, 1970 accepted as Caballeraxine Lebedev, 1972 (preoccupied)
- Genus Bivaginuda Unnithan, 1971 accepted as Polylabris Euzet & Cauwet, 1967 (Synonym )
- Genus Bradyhaptorus Unnithan, 1971 accepted as Pauciconfibula Dillon & Hargis, 1965 (Synonym)
- Subfamily Bychowskicotylinae Unnithan, 1971 accepted as Atriasterinae Maillard & Noisy, 1979 (Pre-occupied at the family-group level by Bychowskicotylidae Lebedev, 1969)
- Genus Caenomicrocotyle Unnithan, 1971 accepted as Microcotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 (synonym)
- Subfamily Caenomicrocotylinae Unnithan, 1971 accepted as Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879
- Genus Manterella Unnithan, 1971 accepted as Cynoscionicola Price, 1962
- Genus Metamicrocotyle Mamaev, 1986 accepted as Metamicrocotyla Yamaguti, 1953 (Mis-spelling)
- Genus Nudimasculus Unnithan, 1971 accepted as Aspinatrium Yamaguti, 1963 (Synonym )
- Genus Paradiurix Unnithan, 1971 accepted as Polylabris Euzet & Cauwet, 1967 (Synonym )
- Genus Paramicrocotyle Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1972 accepted as Microcotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 (Synonym)
- Subfamily Polylabrinae Lebedev, 1976 accepted as Prostatomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1968 (Synonym)
- Subfamily Polynemicolinae Mamaev, 1986 accepted as Microcotylinae Taschenberg, 1879 (Synonym)
- Genus Prosomicrocotyle Mamaev, 1986 accepted as Prosomicrocotyla Yamaguti, 1958 (Mis-spelling)
- Genus Prostatomicrocotyla Yamaguti, 1968 accepted as Polylabris Euzet & Cauwet, 1967 (synonym)
- Genus Tripathia Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Heterapta Unnithan, 1961 (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119247 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caenomicrocotylinae Unnithan, 1971) Unnithan, R. V. (1971). On the Functional Morphology of a New Fauna of Monogenoidea on Fishes from Trivandrum and Environs. Part IV. Microcotylidae Sensu Stricto and Its Repartition into Subsidiary Taxa. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 85(2): 366-398., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2423763 [details] Available for editors 
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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]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
Lablack, L.; Rima, M.; Georgieva, S.; Marzoug, D.; Kostadinova, A. (2022). Novel molecular data for monogenean parasites of sparid fishes in the Mediterranean and a molecular phylogeny of the Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. <em>Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases.</em> 2: 100069., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2021.100069 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
