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Atriasterinae

Atriasterinae is a subfamily within family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. This subfamily was created by Maillard & Noisy in 1979.

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Atriasterinae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Mazocraeidea
Family: Microcotylidae
Subfamily: Atriasterinae
Maillard & Noisy, 1979

Atriasterinae is a subfamily within family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. This subfamily was created by Maillard & Noisy in 1979. 1

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,2 there are five genera in this subfamily:

  • Atriaster Lebedev & Parukhin, 1969 3
  • Atrispinum Euzet & Maillard, 1974
  • Bychowskicotyla Unnithan, 1971
  • Serranicotyle Maillard, Euzet & Silan, 1988 4
  • Sparicotyle Mamaev, 1984
References

References

  1. Maillard, C., & Noisy, D. (1979). Atrispinum acarne ngn sp.(Monogenea, Microcotylidae) parasite de Pagellus acarne (Teleostei) du golfe du lion. Vie et milieu, 28(29), 4.
  2. WoRMS (2019). Atriasterinae Maillard & Noisy, 1979. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1307056 on 2019-11-26
  3. Vermaak, Anja; Bouguerche, Chahinez; Acosta, Aline A.; Smit, Nico J. (2025). "Two new species of Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Platyhelminthes: Polyopisthocotyla) parasitising Diplodus capensis (Teleostei, Sparidae) off South Africa". Parasite. 32: 44. doi:10.1051/parasite/2025037. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 12291546. PMID 40709797.
  4. Maillard, Cl.; Euzet, L.; Silan, P. (1988). "Création du genre Serranicotyle (Monogenea, Microcotylidae): Serranicotyle labracis (Van Beneden et Hesse, 1863) n. comb., ectoparasite de Dicentrarchus labrax (Teleostei)". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 63 (1): 33–36. doi:10.1051/parasite/198863133. Open access icon