Euzetia occultum

Euzetia occultum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Monopisthocotylea
Family:	Monocotylidae
Genus:	Euzetia
Species:	E. occultum
Binomial name
	Euzetia occultum; Chisholm & Whittington 2001

Euzetia occultum is a species of flatworm which parasitizes the gills of the Australian cownose ray and is the type species for its genus.[1] It can be distinguished from Euzetia lamothei based on its overall size and reproductive morphology.[2]

References

Chisholm, Leslie A.; Whittington, Ian D. (March 2001). "Euzetia occultum n. g., n. sp. (Euzetiinae n. subf.), a monocotylid monogenean from the gills of Rhinoptera neglecta (Rhinopteridae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia". Systematic Parasitology. 48 (3): 179–183. doi:10.1023/a:1006488701833.
Pulido-Flores, Griselda; Monks, Scott (2008). "A new species of Euzetia (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) on the gills of Rhinoptera bonasus (Rhinopteridae) from Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, México". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 79: 83S–88S.

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[cw-1] Chisholm, Leslie A.; Whittington, Ian D. (March 2001). "Euzetia occultum n. g., n. sp. (Euzetiinae n. subf.), a monocotylid monogenean from the gills of Rhinoptera neglecta (Rhinopteridae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia". Systematic Parasitology. 48 (3): 179–183. doi:10.1023/a:1006488701833.

[2] Pulido-Flores, Griselda; Monks, Scott (2008). "A new species of Euzetia (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) on the gills of Rhinoptera bonasus (Rhinopteridae) from Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, México". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 79: 83S–88S.