Acanthocotylidae

Acanthocotylidae
	Holotype of Acanthocotyle pacifica (Smithsonian USNM 1321941)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Gyrodactylidea
Family:	Acanthocotylidae; Monticelli, 1903
Genera
	Acanthocotyle; Lophocotyle; Myxinidocotyle; Pseudacanthocotyla;
Synonyms
	Acanthocotylinae Monticelli, 1903; Allacanthocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963; Lophocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963; Pseudacanthocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963;

Acanthocotylidae is a family of monogenean fish skin parasites.

References

^ Monticelli, F. S. (1903). Per una nuova classificazione degli “Heterocotylea”. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, 14, 334-336.

Emmett W Price (1938). "North American monogenetic trematodes. II. The familes Monocotylidae, Microbothriidae, Acanthocotylidae and Udonellidae (Capsaloidea)". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 28 (11): 183–198. ISSN 0043-0439. JSTOR 24530368. Wikidata Q96064076.
GORAN MALMBERG; BO FERNHOLM (April 1989). "Myxinidocotyle gen.n. and Lophocotyle Braun (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Acanthocotylidae) with descriptions of three new species from hagfishes (Chordata, Myxinidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 18 (2): 187–204. doi:10.1111/J.1463-6409.1989.TB00444.X. ISSN 0300-3256. Wikidata Q100722174.

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