Gastrocotylidae
Sign in to saveGastrocotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans. All the species in this family are parasitic on fish.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassMonogenea
- OrderMazocraeidea
- FamilyGastrocotylidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- Family
- Gastrocotylidae
- Collections
- TTU, AM, QM
- Recorded in
- United States, New Caledonia, American Samoa
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- Parent taxon
- Mazocraeidea
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- Monogenea 120 Page 041 Amphipolycotyle chloroscombrus Hargis, 1957 Gastrocotylidae.png
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Encyclopedic overview
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Gastrocotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans. All the species in this family are parasitic on fish.
==Systematics== The gastrocotylids are known by their rather very diffuse distribution, and a marqued preference for scombroid fishes and carangids.
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