Global InformationMicrocotyle pacifica information
| Microcotyle pacifica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Microcotylidae |
| Genus: | Microcotyle |
| Species: | M. pacifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Microcotyle pacifica Crane, 1972
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Microcotyle pacifica is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae. It was first described an illustrated based on 31 specimens from the gills of the blackbelly eelpout Lycodes pacificus (referred to as Lycodopus pacificus in the original description) off California. [1]
- ^ Crane, J. W. 1972. Systematics and new species of marine monogenea from California. Wasmann Journal of Biology 30:109-166