Hexabothriidae

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Class:Monogenea
Family:Hexabothriidae
Price, 1942 [1]
Hexabothriidae
Protocotyle euzetmaillardi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Diclybothriidea
Family: Hexabothriidae
Price, 1942 [1]
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Hexabothriidae is a family of monogenean parasites. The family name was proposed by Emmett W. Price in 1942.[1] The family includes 14-16 genera according to authors [2][3] and about 60 species; all are parasitic on the gills of chondrichthyan fishes (rays, sharks and chimaeras).[3][4]

Studies on phylogeny of monogeneans based on morphology,[5] molecules [6] or spermatozoa [7] suggest that the Hexabothriidae are a basal group within the Polyopisthocotylea.

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