Cyclocotyla (worm)
Cyclocotyla is a genus of monogenean flatworms first described in 1823.[2] It currently consists of one valid species, Cyclocotyla bellones, with all other former members reassigned to other genera. [3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Diclidophoridae |
| Genus: | Cyclocotyla Otto, 1821 |
| Species: | C. bellones |
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| Cyclocotyla bellones Otto, 1823 | |
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Species synonymy
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The sole species C. bellones is notorious for being a hyperparasite. It dwells on the isopod parasite Ceratothoa parallela (among others of the same genus), which itself feeds on the fish Boops boops and Pagellus acarne.[4]
References
- "Cyclocotyla bellones". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- Otto AW. 1823. Beschreibung einiger neuen Mollusken und Zoophyten. Offprint from Leopoldinisch-Carolinische deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher. Nova acta Leopoldina, v. XI, pp. 273–314.
- "Cyclocotyla". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- Bouguerche, Chahinez; Tazerouti, Fadila; Gey, Delphine; Justine, Jean-Lou (2021). "Triple barcoding for a hyperparasite, its parasitic host, and the host itself: a study of Cyclocotyla bellones (Monogenea) on Ceratothoa parallela (Isopoda) on Boops boops (Teleostei)". Parasite. 28: 49. doi:10.1051/parasite/2021044. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 8183466.
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