Microcotyle cepolae

Microcotyle cepolae is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.^[2]

Microcotyle cepolae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Mazocraeidea
Family:	Microcotylidae
Genus:	Microcotyle
Species:	M. cepolae
Binomial name
Microcotyle cepolae Yamaguti, 1938
Synonyms
Paramicrocotyle cepolae (Yamaguti, 1938) Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1972 [1]

Systematics

Microcotyle cepolae was first described by Yamaguti in 1938.^[2] In 1972, Caballero y Caballero and Bravo-Hollis erected the genus Paramicrocotyle to describe Paramicrocotyle tampicensis and Paramicrocotyle atriobursata off Mexico, and placed within this genus sixteen species previously assigned to the genus Microcotyle^[3] including M. cepolae.^[1] However, this species was returned to the genus Microcotyle by Mamaev in 1986.^[4]

Hosts and localities

A species of bandfish similar to the one which is the host of Microcotyle cepolae

The host-type is the bandfish Cepola schlegelii (Cepolidae). The type-locality is off Japan.^[2] Microcotyle cepolae was reported again from the type-host and locality.^[5]