MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Metamicrocotyla Yamaguti, 1953

ERMS taxon details

Metamicrocotyla Yamaguti, 1953

AphiaID

119380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119380)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Metamicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963

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Species Metamicrocotyla cephalus (Azim, 1939) Hargis, 1954

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Yamaguti, S. (1953). Parasitic Worms mainly from Celebes. Part 2. Monogenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medica Okayama. 8 (3), 203-256 + 9 plates. [details]

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2025). Metamicrocotyla Yamaguti, 1953. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119380 on 2026-02-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Metamicrocotyla Yamaguti, 1953. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/images/js/js/images/10.1080/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119380 on 2026-02-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Bray, Rod

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

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Martinez, Olga

2011-02-23 14:16:44Z

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Gibson, David

2017-11-10 16:15:13Z

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Gibson, David

2018-10-28 10:33:01Z

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Gibson, David

2018-11-05 12:15:34Z

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Gibson, David

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original description Yamaguti, S. (1953). Parasitic Worms mainly from Celebes. Part 2. Monogenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medica Okayama. 8 (3), 203-256 + 9 plates. [details]

taxonomy source Hargis, W. J. (1956). Monogenetic Trematodes of Gulf of Mexico Fishes. Part X. The Family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 75(4), 436-453., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223616 [details]

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. Animals. 14(11): 1-17. Jun 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111542 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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