Acanthocotylidae

Acanthocotylidae is a family of monogenean fish skin parasites.

Acanthocotylidae
Holotype of Acanthocotyle pacifica (Smithsonian USNM 1321941)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Gyrodactylidea
Family:	Acanthocotylidae Monticelli, 1903[1]
Genera
Acanthocotyle Lophocotyle Myxinidocotyle Pseudacanthocotyla
Synonyms
Acanthocotylinae Monticelli, 1903 Allacanthocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963 Lophocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963 Pseudacanthocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963

References

1. 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.

• Acanthocotylidae at WoRMS