Potamotrygonocotyle chisholmae

Potamotrygonocotyle chisholmae is a species of parasitic monogenean flatworms. The species was first described from gills of Potamotrygon stingray from Brazil.[1]

Potamotrygonocotyle chisholmae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Monocotylidea
Family: Monocotylidae
Genus: Potamotrygonocotyle
Species:
P. chisholmae
Binomial name
Potamotrygonocotyle chisholmae
Domingues & Marques, 2007

References

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  1. ^ Domingues, Marcus V. & Fernando P. L. Maques (2007). "Revision of Potamotrygonocotyle Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae), with descriptions of four new species from the gills of freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon spp. (Rajiformes: Potamotrygonidae) from the La Plata river basin". Systematic Parasitology. 67 (3): 157–174. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9086-y. PMID 17464482.