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Hexabothriidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Hexabothriidae is a family of monogenean parasites. The family name was proposed by Emmett W. Price in 1942. The family includes 14-16 genera according to authors and about 60 species; all are parasitic on the gills of chondrichthyan fishes (rays, sharks and chimaeras).
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Genus

Branchotenthes (2)
Callorhynchocotyle (6)
Dasyonchocotyle (2)
Epicotyle (1)
Erpocotyle (20)
Heteronchocotyle (3)
Hexabothrium (2)
Hypanocotyle (1)
Mobulicola (2)
Narcinecotyle (1)
Neonchocotyle (2)
Paraheteronchocotyle (1)
Pristonchocotyle (2)
Protocotyle (3)
Pseudhexabothrium (1)
Pseudohexabothrium (2)
Rajonchocotyle (11)
Rhinobatonchocotyle (2)
Scyliorhinocotyle (1)
Squalonchocotyle (11)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0