WoRMS taxon details
Hexabothriidae Price, 1942
- Genus Branchotenthes Bullard & Dippenaar, 2003
- Genus Callorhynchocotyle Suriano & Incorvaia, 1982
- Genus Dasyonchocotyle Hargis, 1955
- Genus Epicotyle Euzet & Maillard, 1974
- Genus Erpocotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
- Genus Heteronchocotyle Brooks, 1934
- Genus Hexabothrium von Nordmann, 1840
- Genus Hypanocotyle Chero, Cruces, Sáez, Camargo, Santos & Luque, 2018
- Genus Mobulicola Patella & Bullard, 2013
- Genus Narcinecotyle Torres-Carrera, Ruiz-Escobar, García-Prieto & Oceguera-Figueroa, 2020
- Genus Neonchocotyle Ktari & Maillard, 1972
- Genus Pristonchocotyle Watson & Thorson, 1976
- Genus Protocotyle Euzet & Maillard, 1974
- Genus Pseudohexabothrium Brinkmann, 1952
- Genus Rajonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899
- Genus Rhinobatonchocotyle Doran, 1953
- Genus Scyliorhinocotyle Vaughan, Christison & Hansen, 2021
- Genus Squalonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899
- Genus Neoerpocotyle Price, 1942 accepted as Erpocotyle Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 (synonym)
- Genus Onchocotyle Diesing, 1850 accepted as Hexabothrium von Nordmann, 1840 (synonym)
- Genus Pseudorajonchocotyle Bychowsky in Lindberg et al., 1959 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Rajonchocotyloides Price, 1940 accepted as Rajonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899 (synonym)
- Genus Squaloncocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899 accepted as Squalonchocotyle Cerfontaine, 1899 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Erpocotyle incertae sedis (temporary name)
- Genus Hexabothrium (incertae sedis) (temporary name)
- Genus Rajonchocotyle (incertae sedis) (temporary name)
- Genus Squalonchocotyle (incertae sedis) (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119244 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Euzet, L.; Maillard, C. (1974). Les Monogènes Hexabothriidae Price, 1942. Historique, systématique, phylogenèse. <em>BULLETIN DU MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE.</em> 3e série, n° 206, Zoologie 136, 113 - 141. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Chero, J. D.; Cruces, C. L.; Sáez, G.; Camargo, A. C. A.; Santos, C. P.; Luque, J. L. (2018). Hypanocotyle bullardi n. gen. n. sp. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from gill of the diamond stingray Hypanus dipterurus (Jordan et Gilbert) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean off Peru. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 67(4): 425-430., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.03.010 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Santillán, L.A., C.L. Cruces, G.M. Sáez, R. Martínez-Rojas, A. Mondragón-Martínez, G.A.M. Morey, M. Quiñones, J.L. Luque & J.D. Chero. (2024). An Annotated Checklist of Monogeneans (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) from Aquatic Vertebrates in Peru: A Review of Diversity, Hosts and Geographical Distribution. <em>Animals.</em> 14(11): 1-17. Jun 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111542 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Vaughan, D. B.; Christison, K. W.; Hansen, H.; Bullard, S. A. (2023). Species of Hexabothriidae (Monogenea) may have extensive distribution ranges reflecting multiple host species: evidence from three new South African records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5254(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.1 [details]
additional source Chero, J. D.; Cruces, C. L.; Sáez, G.; Camargo, A. C. A.; Santos, C. P.; Luque, J. L. (2019). Redescription and First Nucleotide Sequences of Rhinobatonchocotyle pacifica Oliva & Luque, 1995 (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae), a Parasite of Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880) (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from Peru. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-019-00101-4 [details]
[request]additional source Vaughan, D. B.; Christison, K. W.; Hansen, H.; Bullard, S. A. (2023). Species of Hexabothriidae (Monogenea) may have extensive distribution ranges reflecting multiple host species: evidence from three new South African records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5254(2): 151-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.1 [details]
additional source Chero, J. D.; Cruces, C. L.; Sáez, G.; Camargo, A. C. A.; Santos, C. P.; Luque, J. L. (2019). Redescription and First Nucleotide Sequences of Rhinobatonchocotyle pacifica Oliva & Luque, 1995 (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae), a Parasite of Pseudobatos planiceps (Garman, 1880) (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from Peru. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-019-00101-4 [details]
