| Microcotylidae | |
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| Microcotyle pomacanthi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 [1] |
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Microcotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.[2] All the species in this family are parasitic on fish.
- ^ Taschenberg, E. O. (1879). Zur Systematik der monogenetischen Trematoden. Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Naturwissenschaft, 52, 232-265.
- ^ WoRMS (2018). Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119247 on 2018-12-03