Potamotrygonocotyle is a genus of monogeneans that parasitise stingrays of the genus Potamotrygon. From 1981 the genus contained only one member, Potamotrygonocotyle tsalickisi, until four new species were described in 2007.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Monocotylidea |
| Family: | Monocotylidae |
| Genus: | Potamotrygonocotyle Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 |
Species
edit- Potamotrygonocotyle chisholmae Domingues & Marques, 2007
- Potamotrygonocotyle dromedarius Domingues & Marques, 2007
- Potamotrygonocotyle eurypotamoxenus Domingues & Marques, 2007
- Potamotrygonocotyle tsalickisi Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981
- Potamotrygonocotyle uruguayensis Domingues & Marques, 2007
References
edit- Domingues, Marcus V. & Fernando P. L. Maques (2007). "Revision of Potamotrygonocotyle Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae), with descriptions of four new species from the gills of freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon spp. (Rajiformes: Potamotrygonidae) from the La Plata river basin". Systematic Parasitology. 67 (3): 157–174. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9086-y. PMID 17464482.
- Mayes, M. A.; D. R. Brooks & T. B. Thorson (1981). "Potamotrygonocotyle tsalickisi, new genus and species (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) and Paraheteronchocotyle amazonensis, new genus and species (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from Potamotrygon circularis Garman (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) in north western Brazil". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 94: 1205–1210.
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