Potamotrygonocotyle uruguayensis

Taxobox


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Platyhelminthes
classis = Monogenoidea
ordo = Monocotylidea
familia = Monocotylidae
genus = "Potamotrygonocotyle"
species = "P. uruguayensis"
binomial = "Potamotrygonocotyle uruguayensis"
binomial_authority = Domingues & Marques, 2007

"Potamotrygonocotyle uruguayensis" is a species of flatworm, first described in 2007. It is a parasite, living in the gills of Short-tailed River Stingrays ("Potamotrygon brachyura").

The Latin name "uruguayensis" refers to the Uruguay River, in which it is found.

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