# Microcotyle bothi
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| genus = Microcotyle
| species = bothi
| authority = [Yamaguti](/source/Satyu_Yamaguti), 1968
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'''''Microcotyle bothi''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [monogenea](/source/monogenea)n, [parasitic](/source/fish_parasites) on the [gills](/source/gills) of a marine [fish](/source/fish) collected in [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii). It belongs to the family [Microcotylidae](/source/Microcotylidae).[Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.]
==Description==
''Microcotyle bothi'' has the general morphology of all species of ''Microcotyle'', with a flat body, 3.8-7.9 mm in length, comprising an anterior part which contains most organs and a posterior part called the [haptor](/source/haptor). The haptor is symmetrical and bears 45-65 [clamps](/source/clamp_(zoology)), arranged as two rows, one on each side. The clamps of the haptor attach the animal to the [gill](/source/gill) of the fish. There are also two small buccal [suckers](/source/sucker_(zoology)) at the anterior extremity. The digestive organs include an anterior, terminal mouth, a muscular [pharynx](/source/pharynx), and a posterior [intestine](/source/intestine) with two lateral blind-ending branches. Each adult contains male and female reproductive organs. The reproductive organs include an anterior genital atrium, with [spines](/source/spine_(zoology)), a dorsal [vagina](/source/vagina), a single [ovary](/source/ovary), and 18-48 [testes](/source/testicle) which are posterior to the ovary.