WoRMS taxon details
Monogenea
Monogenoidea · alternative representation
- Subclass Monopisthocotylea
- Subclass Polyopisthocotylea
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Monogenea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=798 on 2025-03-31
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Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Brabec, J.; Salomaki, E. D.; Kolísko, M.; Scholz, T.; Kuchta, R. (2023). The evolution of endoparasitism and complex life cycles in parasitic platyhelminths. <em>Current Biology.</em> 33(19): 4269-4275.e3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.064
note: These authors propose the demise of the traditionally recognized class Monogenea and the promotion of its two subclasses to the class level as Monopisthocotyla new class and Polyopisthocotyla new clas...
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note: These authors propose the demise of the traditionally recognized class Monogenea and the promotion of its two subclasses to the class level as Monopisthocotyla new class and Polyopisthocotyla new clas...
These authors propose the demise of the traditionally recognized class Monogenea and the promotion of its two subclasses to the class level as Monopisthocotyla new class and Polyopisthocotyla new class.
Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Cruces, C. L.; Chero, J. D.; Sáez, G.; Luque, J. L. (2017). Dactylogyrids (Monogenea) parasitic on marine fish from Peru including the description of a new species of Haliotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 and two new species of Parancylodiscoides Caballero & C. & Bravo-Hollis, 1961. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4311(1): 111., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4311.1.7 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Cruces, C. L.; Chero, J. D.; Sáez, G.; Luque, J. L. (2017). Dactylogyrids (Monogenea) parasitic on marine fish from Peru including the description of a new species of Haliotrema Johnston & Tiegs, 1922 and two new species of Parancylodiscoides Caballero & C. & Bravo-Hollis, 1961. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4311(1): 111., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4311.1.7 [details]




From editor or global species database
Classification The classification used here is a compromise between the more traditional taxonomy of Neodermata vs. the turbellarians. Yet it reflects the fact that Neodermata is within free-living flatworms (i.e. turbellaria are paraphyletic). It mentions all traditional taxa that are found in phylogenetic studies (e.g. Laumer et al., 2015). Many of the "in-between" higher level taxa (such as Trepaxonemata etc.) are no longer in WoRMS (probably more user friendly that way). This also means an asymmetry between turbellarians (nine ordines) and Neodermata (superclass with three classes). [details]Phylogeny Brabec et al. (2023) propose the demise of the traditionally recognized class Monogenea and the promotion of its two subclasses to the class level as Monopisthocotyla new class and Polyopisthocotyla new class [details]