Hexabothriidae
Sign in to saveHexabothriidae is a family of monogenean parasites. The family name was proposed by Emmett W. Price in 1942. The family includes 14-16 genera according to authors and about 60 species; all are parasitic on the gills of chondrichthyan fishes (rays, sharks and chimaeras).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassMonogenea
- OrderDiclybothriidea
- FamilyHexabothriidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Hexabothriidae
- Collections
- QM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, China, United Kingdom
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polyopisthocotylea
- Image
- Protocotyle euzetmaillardi body.jpg
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Hexabothriidae is a family of monogenean parasites. The family name was proposed by Emmett W. Price in 1942. The family includes 14-16 genera according to authors and about 60 species; all are parasitic on the gills of chondrichthyan fishes (rays, sharks and chimaeras).
Studies on phylogeny of monogeneans based on morphology, molecules or spermatozoa suggest that the Hexabothriidae are a basal group within the Polyopisthocotylea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hexabothriidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.