Allogastrocotyle | |
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Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Monogenea |
Order: | Mazocraeidea |
Family: | Gastrocotylidae |
Genus: | Allogastrocotyle Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1984[1] |
Allogastrocotyle is a genus within the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Monogenea. The only species in this genus (Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis) is parasitic upon fish.[1][2][3]
Allogastrocotyle was established to accommodate Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis from the gills of the rough scad Trachurus lathami, and designated as the type species of the genus. [1] This genus resembles Gastrocotyle and Pseudaxine especially in having a haptor developed on one side of the body. However, it differs by the following features:
Allogastrocotyle includes one species: