Microcotyle donavini

Microcotyle donavini
	Microcotyle donavini, body and various parts
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Mazocraeidea
Family:	Microcotylidae
Genus:	Microcotyle
Species:	M. donavini
Binomial name
	Microcotyle donavini; Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863

Microcotyle donavini is a

gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae

.

Taxonomy

Microcotyle donavini was described by Van Beneden & Hesse in 1863.[2] This species was redescribed by Scott (1905) who gave one figure ^[3] and by Euzet & Marc in 1963, one hundred years later.^[1]

Microcotyle donavini is the type-species of the genus Microcotyle. Unnithan (1971) placed M. donavini in the nominal subgenus Microcotyle as Microcotyle (Microcotyle) donavini.^[4] However, this species was returned to the genus Microcotyle by Mamaev in 1986. ^[5]

Morphology

Microcotyle donavini has the general morphology of all species of

intestine with two lateral branches provided with numerous secondary branches. Each adult contains male and female reproductive organs. The reproductive organs include an anterior oval genital atrium, armed with numerous small spines, a medio-dorsal vagina opening at 750 µm from the anterior extremity, a single ovary and 18-22 oval testes which are posterior to the ovary. The eggs are fusiform, with a filament at each pole; one is short and thick. ^[1]

Hosts and localities

Labrus bergylta
is the type host of Microcotyle donavini

The host-type is

Labrus bergylta. The type-locality is off Brest, France.^[2]

Gallery

Drawings of various organs or stages of Microcotyle donavini, by Euzet & Marc, 1963.

Section of genital atrium
Clamp
Oncomiracidium & egg
Lappet at extremity of haptor

References

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ISSN 0003-4150.

^ ^a ^b Van Beneden, P. J., & Hesse, C. E. (1863). Recherches sur les Bdellodes (Hirudinées) et les trématodes marins: Mémoire présenté à l'Académie Royale de Belgique. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 34, 1-150 + Plates.
^ Scott (T.), 1905. — Observations on some parasites new or rare in Scottish waters. 23, rd. Rep. Fish. Bd. Scot. (3) Sci. Invest. p. 108-119 fig.
^ Unnithan, R. V. (1971). On the functional morphology of a new fauna of Monogenoidea on fishes from Trivandrum and environs. Part IV. Microcotylidae sensu stricto and its repartition into subsidiary taxa. American Midland Naturalist, 366-398.
^ Mamaev, Y. L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica, 33, 199-206. PDF

[EuzetMarc1963-1] 
ISSN 0003-4150.

[VanBeneden1863-2] Van Beneden, P. J., & Hesse, C. E. (1863). Recherches sur les Bdellodes (Hirudinées) et les trématodes marins: Mémoire présenté à l'Académie Royale de Belgique. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 34, 1-150 + Plates.

[3] Scott (T.), 1905. — Observations on some parasites new or rare in Scottish waters. 23, rd. Rep. Fish. Bd. Scot. (3) Sci. Invest. p. 108-119 fig.

[Unnithan1971-4] Unnithan, R. V. (1971). On the functional morphology of a new fauna of Monogenoidea on fishes from Trivandrum and environs. Part IV. Microcotylidae sensu stricto and its repartition into subsidiary taxa. American Midland Naturalist, 366-398.

[Mamaev1986-5] Mamaev, Y. L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica, 33, 199-206. PDF

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