# Microcotyle cepolae

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{{short description|Species of worms}}
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| genus = Microcotyle
| species = cepolae
| authority = [Yamaguti](/source/Satyu_Yamaguti), 1938
| synonyms = ''Paramicrocotyle cepolae'' <small>(Yamaguti, 1938) Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1972</small> <ref name="Caballero1972"/>
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'''''Microcotyle cepolae''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [monogenean](/source/monogenean), [parasitic](/source/fish_parasites) on the [gills](/source/gills) of a marine [fish](/source/fish). It belongs to the family [Microcotylidae](/source/Microcotylidae).<ref name=Yamaguti1937>Yamaguti,S.1937. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 19. Fourteen new ectoparasitic trematodes of fishes. 1937 pp. 28.</ref>

==Systematics==
''Microcotyle cepolae'' was first described by [Yamaguti](/source/Satyu_Yamaguti) in 1938.<ref name=Yamaguti1937/> In 1972, Caballero y Caballero and Bravo-Hollis erected the genus ''Paramicrocotyle'' to describe ''Paramicrocotyle tampicensis'' and ''Paramicrocotyle atriobursata'' off [Mexico](/source/Mexico), and placed within this genus sixteen species previously assigned to the genus ''[Microcotyle](/source/Microcotyle)''<ref name="Mendoza-FrancoRosado Tun2018">{{cite journal|last1=Mendoza-Franco|first1=Edgar F.|last2=Rosado Tun|first2=Mariela del Carmen|last3=Duarte Anchevida|first3=Allan de Jesús|last4=del Rio Rodríguez|first4=Rodolfo E.|title=Morphological and molecular (28S rRNA) data of monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) infecting the gill lamellae of marine fishes in the Campeche Bank, southwest Gulf of Mexico|journal=ZooKeys|issue=783|year=2018|pages=125–161|issn=1313-2970|doi=10.3897/zookeys.783.26218|pmid=30275730|pmc=6160863|doi-access=free|bibcode=2018ZooK..783..125M }}</ref> including ''M. cepolae''.<ref name="Caballero1972">Caballero y Caballero, E., & Bravo-Hollis, M. (1972). Monogenea (van Beneden, 1858) Carus, 1863 de peces marinos del litoral Mexicano del Golfo de Mexico y del Mar Caribe.V. Revista de Biología Tropical, 20, 151–165. [https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/download/27339/27448/.pdf PDF] {{open access}}</ref> However, this species was returned to the genus ''[Microcotyle](/source/Microcotyle)'' by Mamaev in 1986.<ref name="Mamaev1986">Mamaev, Y. L. (1986). The taxonomical composition of the family Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 (Monogenea). Folia Parasitologica, 33, 199–206. [https://folia.paru.cas.cz/pdfs/fol/1986/03/02.pdf PDF] {{open access}}</ref>

==Hosts and localities==
thumb|left|A species of bandfish similar to the one which is the host of ''Microcotyle cepolae''
The host-type is the bandfish  ''[Cepola schlegelii](/source/Cepola_schlegelii)'' ([Cepolidae](/source/Cepolidae)). The type-locality is off [Japan](/source/Japan).<ref name=Yamaguti1937/>
''Microcotyle cepolae'' was reported again from the type-host and locality.<ref>Kamegai S, Ichihara A. 1972. A check list of the helminths from Japan and adjacent areas. Part I. Fish parasites reported by S. Yamaguti from Japanese waters and adjacent areas. Research Bulletin of the Meguro Parasitological Museum 6: 1-43.</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Microcotyle
Category:Animals described in 1938
Category:Parasites of fish
Category:Fauna of Japan

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