{{Short description|Family of worms}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Microcotyle pomacanthi (Microcotylidae) in MacCallum 1915 Notes on the genus Microcotyle.png |image_caption = ''Microcotyle pomacanthi'' |taxon = Microcotylidae |authority = Taschenberg, 1879 <ref name="Taschenberg1879">Taschenberg, E. O. (1879). Zur Systematik der monogenetischen Trematoden. Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Naturwissenschaft, 52, 232-265.</ref> |synonyms = |subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies |subdivision = See text }}
'''Microcotylidae''' is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.<ref name="Worms2018">WoRMS (2018). Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119247 on 2018-12-03</ref> All the species in this family are parasitic on fish.
==Subfamilies== According to the World Register of Marine Species,<ref name="Worms2018"/> {{as of|December 2018|lc=y}} the family includes 7 subfamilies:
* Anchoromicrocotylinae <small>Bravo-Hollis, 1981</small> <ref name="BravoHollis1981">Bravo-Hollis, M. (1981). Helmintos de peces del Pacífico mexicano XXXVI. Sobre un género y subfamilia nuevos de la familia Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879. Emend. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 8, 305-314</ref> * Atriasterinae <small>Maillard & Noisy, 1979</small> <ref name="Maillard1979">Maillard, C., & Noisy, D. (1979). ''Atrispinum acarne'' n g n sp.(Monogenea, Microcotylidae) parasite de ''Pagellus acarne'' (Teleostei) du golfe du Lion. Vie et Milieu, 28(29), 4.</ref> including ''Sparicotyle chrysophrii'' * Metamicrocotylinae <small>Yamaguti, 1963</small> <ref name="Yamaguti1963">Yamaguti S. 1963. Systema Helminthum Volume IV Monogenea and Aspidocotylea. Interscience, a division of John Wiley & Sons, New York & London, 699 pp.></ref> * Microcotylinae <small>Taschenberg, 1879</small> <ref name="Taschenberg1879"/> including ''Microcotyle'' with many species. * Prosomicrocotylinae <small>Yamaguti, 1963</small> <ref name="Yamaguti1963" /> * Prostatomicrocotylinae <small>Yamaguti, 1968 </small> <ref name="Yamaguti1968Book">Yamaguti, S. (1968). Monogenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 287 pp.</ref> * Syncoelicotylinae <small>Mamaev & Zubchenko, 1978</small> <ref name="MamaevZubchenko1978">Mamaev, Yu. L., & Zubchenko, A. V. 1978. [Мамаев Ю. Л., Зубченко А. В. Два новых рода высших моногеней из Северной Атлантики. Зоол. журн. 1978. Т. 57, вып. 8. С. 1131 — 1139.] Two new genera of higher monogeneans from the North Atlantic. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 57, 1131-1139. [in Russian]</ref><ref name="MamaevBrashovian1989">Mamaev, Yu. L., & Brashovian, P. P. (1989). [Ю. л. Мамаев , П. П. Брашовян, ''Syncoelicotyloides macruri'' gen . ет sp . n. — первый представитель подсемейств а Syncoelicotylinae (Microcotylidae, Monogenea) от макрурусовых рыб] ''Syncoelicotyloides macruri'' gen. et sp. n. the first representative of the subfamily Syncoelidotylinae (Microcotylidae, Monogenea) from macruriform fishes. Parazitologiia, 23(6), 532-536. [in Russian] [https://www.zin.ru/journals/parazitologiya/content/1989/prz_1989_6_11_Mamaev.pdf PDF] {{open access}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q5033195}}
Category:Microcotylidae Category:Flatworm families