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Pterocotyle Beneden & Hesse, 1863

AphiaID

1870567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1870567)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Octodactylus Dalyell, 1853 accepted as Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838

Rank

Genus

Parent

Diclidophoridae Cerfontaine, 1895

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Species Pterocotyle morrhuae Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 accepted as Octodactylus morrhuae (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Price, 1943 accepted as Diclidophora morrhuae (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Sproston, 1946 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Pterocotyle Beneden & Hesse, 1863. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1870567 on 2026-07-15

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2026-02-21 15:02:20Z

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Gibson, David

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Taxonomy

source of synonymy Price, E. W. (1943). North American monogenetic trematodes: VI. The family Diclidophoridae (Diclidophoroidea). <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 33 (2), 44-54. [details]

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Pterocotyle Beneden & Hesse, 1863

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