Microcotyle tanago

Microcotyle tanago is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.^[1]

Microcotyle tanago
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Mazocraeidea
Family:	Microcotylidae
Genus:	Microcotyle
Species:	M. tanago
Binomial name
Microcotyle tanago Yamaguti, 1940 [1]
Synonyms
Paramicrocotyle tanago (Yamaguti, 1940) Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1972[2]

Taxonomy

Microcotyle tanago was first described by Yamaguti in 1940 based on a single mature specimen.^[1] Caballero y Caballero and Bravo-Hollis erected the genus Paramicrocotyle to describe Paramicrocotyle tampicensis and Paramicrocotyle atriobursata off Mexico, they placed within this genus 16 species previously assigned to the genus Microcotyle^[3] including M. tanago.^[2] It was returned to the genus Microcotyle by Mamaev who considered Paramicrocotyle a junior subjective synonym of Microcotyle.^[4]

Hosts and localities

The type-host of Microcotyle tanago is Ditrema temminckii temminckii

The type-host of Microcotyle tanago is Ditrema temminckii temminckii (Embiotocidae). The type-locality is off Tarumi, Japan.^[1]