Microcotylidae

Microcotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.^[2] All the species in this family are parasitic on fish.

Microcotylidae
Microcotyle pomacanthi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Mazocraeidea
Family:	Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 [1]
Subfamilies
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Subfamilies

According to the World Register of Marine Species,^[2] as of December 2018^[update] the family includes 7 subfamilies:

• Anchoromicrocotylinae Bravo-Hollis, 1981 ^[3]
• Atriasterinae Maillard & Noisy, 1979 ^[4] including Sparicotyle chrysophrii
• Metamicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963 ^[5]
• Microcotylinae Taschenberg, 1879 ^[1] including Microcotyle with many species.
• Prosomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1963 ^[5]
• Prostatomicrocotylinae Yamaguti, 1968 ^[6]
• Syncoelicotylinae Mamaev & Zubchenko, 1978 ^[7][8]