Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Stichocotyle nephropis Higher classification Stichocotyle Subclass Aspidogastrea | Order Stichocotylida Phylum Platyhelminthes Rank Species | |
Family Stichocotylidae
Faust & Tang, 1936 Genus Stichocotyle
Cunningham, 1884 Similar Aspidogastrea, Aspidogaster conchicola, Botulus microporus, Bucephalus, Macraspis | ||
Stichocotylidae is a monospecific genus of flatworms comprising the single species Stichocotyle nephropis, which is an internal parasite of elasmobranch fish, originally described from the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, by J. T. Cunningham in 1884. This flatworm is distinguished by a single ventral row of well separated suckers.
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