Potamotrygonocotyle

Taxobox


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Platyhelminthes
classis = Monogenoidea
ordo = Monocotylidea
familia = Monocotylidae
genus = "Potamotrygonocotyle"
genus_authority = Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981

"Potamotrygonocotyle" is a genus of flatworms that parasitise stingrays of the genus "Potamotrygon". From 1981 the genus contained only one member, "P. tsalickisi", until four new species were described in 2007.

pecies

*"P. chisholmae" Domingues & Marques, 2007
*"P. dromedarius" Domingues & Marques, 2007
*"P. eurypotamoxenus" Domingues & Marques, 2007
*"P. tsalickisi" Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981
*"P. uruguayensis" Domingues & Marques, 2007

References

*cite journal |author=Domingues, Marcus V. & Fernando P. L. Maques |year=2007 |title=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 |journal=Systematic Parasitology |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=157–174 |doi=10.1007/s11230-006-9086-y
*cite journal |author=Mayes, M. A., D. R. Brooks & T. B. Thorson |year=1981 |title="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 |journal=Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington |volume=94 |pages=1205–1210