Protocotyle
Genus of flatworms
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Protocotyle is a genus of monogeneans in the family Hexabothriidae. The genus was created by Louis Euzet and Claude Maillard in 1974.
| Protocotyle | |
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| Protocotyle euzetmaillardi Justine, 2011 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Diclybothriidea |
| Family: | Hexabothriidae |
| Genus: | Protocotyle Euzet & Maillard, 1974 |
| Type species | |
| Protocotyle taschenbergi (Maillard & Oliver, 1966) Euzet & Maillard, 1974 | |
| Species | |
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Protocotyle includes only three species, which are all parasitic on the gills of sharks of the genus Hexanchus, namely Hexanchus griseus and Hexanchus nakamurai. The species are: