Microcotyle cepolae explained

Microcotyle cepolae is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.^[1]

Systematics

Microcotyle cepolae was first described by Yamaguti in 1938.^[1] In 1972, Caballero y Caballero and Bravo-Hollis erected the genus Paramicrocotyle to describe Paramicrocotyle tampicensis and Paramicrocotyle atriobursata off Mexico, and placed within this genus sixteen species previously assigned to the genus Microcotyle^[2] including M. cepolae.^[3] However, this species was returned to the genus Microcotyle by Mamaev in 1986.^[4]

Hosts and localities

The host-type is the bandfish Cepola schlegelii (Cepolidae). The type-locality is off Japan.^[1] Microcotyle cepolae was reported again from the type-host and locality.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Yamaguti,S.1937. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 19. Fourteen new ectoparasitic trematodes of fishes. 1937 pp. 28.
2. Mendoza-Franco. Edgar F.. Rosado Tun. Mariela del Carmen. Duarte Anchevida. Allan de Jesús. del Rio Rodríguez. Rodolfo E.. Morphological and molecular (28S rRNA) data of monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) infecting the gill lamellae of marine fishes in the Campeche Bank, southwest Gulf of Mexico. ZooKeys. 783. 2018. 125–161. 1313-2970. 10.3897/zookeys.783.26218. 30275730. 6160863. free. 2018ZooK..783..125M .
3. Caballero y Caballero, E., & Bravo-Hollis, M. (1972). Monogenea (van Beneden, 1858) Carus, 1863 de peces marinos del litoral Mexicano del Golfo de Mexico y del Mar Caribe.V. Revista de Biología Tropical, 20, 151–165. PDF
4. Mamaev, Y. L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica, 33, 199–206. PDF
5. Kamegai S, Ichihara A. 1972. A check list of the helminths from Japan and adjacent areas. Part I. Fish parasites reported by S. Yamaguti from Japanese waters and adjacent areas. Research Bulletin of the Meguro Parasitological Museum 6: 1-43.