Protocotyle is a genus of monogeneans in the family Hexabothriidae. The genus was created by Louis Euzet and Claude Maillard in 1974.
| Protocotyle | |
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| Protocotyle euzetmaillardi Justine, 2011 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Diclybothriidea |
| Family: | Hexabothriidae |
| Genus: | Protocotyle Euzet & Maillard, 1974 |
| Type species | |
| Protocotyle taschenbergi (Maillard & Oliver, 1966) Euzet & Maillard, 1974
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Protocotyle includes only three species, which are all parasitic on the gills of sharks of the genus Hexanchus, namely Hexanchus griseus and Hexanchus nakamurai. The species are:
- Protocotyle euzetmaillardi Justine, 2011 [1]
- Protocotyle grisea (Cerfontaine, 1899) Euzet & Maillard, 1974 [2][3]
- Protocotyle taschenbergi (Maillard & Oliver, 1966) Euzet & Maillard, 1974 [3][4]
References edit
- ^ Justine, Jean-Lou (Jan 2011). "Protocotyle euzetmaillardi n. sp. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from the bigeye sixgill shark Hexanchus nakamurai Teng (Elasmobranchii: Hexanchidae) off New Caledonia". Systematic Parasitology. 78 (1): 41–55. doi:10.1007/s11230-010-9275-6. PMID 21161490.
- ^ Cerfontaine, Paul. 1899: Contribution à l'étude des Octocotylidés. V. Les Onchocotylinae. Archives de Biologie, 16, 345-478 + Plates 18-21.
- ^ a b Euzet, L. & Maillard, C. 1974: Les Monogènes Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Historique, systématique, phylogenèse. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 3° série, 206, Zoologie 136, 113-141.
- ^ Maillard, C. & Oliver, G. 1966: Monogenea, Hexabothriidae. Vie et Milieu Série A: Biologie marine, 17, 1201-1216.