Platyhelminthes: Monogenea

Order Capsalidea (Fish Parasites)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Capsalidae	Fish Parasite	Capsala laevis
Dionchidae	Gill Parasite	Dionchus remorae
Enoplocotylidae	Fish Parasite	Enoplocotyle kidokoi

Order Chimaericolidea (Monogenean Parasites)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Chimaericolidae	Flatworm	Chimaericola leptogaster

Order Dactylogyridea (Marine Parasitic Flatworms)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Amphibdellatidae	Flatworm	Amphibdella torpedinis
Ancylodiscoididae	Flatworm	Chauhanellus neotropicalis
Ancyrocephalidae	Flatworm	Cichlidogyrus philander
Calceostomatidae	Flatworm	Paracalceostoma calceostomoides
Dactylogyridae	Flatworm	Dactylogyrus remi
Diplectanidae	Flatworm	Pseudorhabdosynochus morrhua
Fridericianellidae	Flatworm	Fridericianella ovicola
Iagotrematidae	Flatworm	Iagotrema uruguayense
Neocalceostomatidae	Flatworm	Neocalceostomoides brisbanensis
Neotetraonchidae	Flatworm	Neotetraonchus vegrandis
Protogyrodactylidae	Flatworm	Protogyrodactylus federicae
Pseudodactylogyridae	Flatworm	Pseudodactylogyrus rohdei
Pseudomurraytrematidae	Flatworm	Pseudomurraytrema fergusoni
Tetraonchidae	Flatworm	Tetraonchus monenteron
Urogyridae	Flatworm	Urogyrus cichlidarum

Order Diclybothriidea (Monogenean Flatworms)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Diclybothriidae	Flatworm	Diclybothrium hamulatum
Hexabothriidae	Flatworm	Protocotyle euzetmaillardi

Order Gyrodactylidea (Fish Skin Parasites)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Acanthocotylidae	Flatworm	Acanthocotyle urolophi
Anoplodiscidae	Flatworm	Anoplodiscus longivaginatus
Bothitrematidae	Flatworm	Bothitrema bothi
Gyrodactylidae	Salmon Fluke	Gyrodactylus salaris
Tetraonchoididae	Flatworm	Pseudotetraonchoides halichoeres
Udonellidae	Flatworm	Udonella fugu

Order Mazocraeidea (Marine Flatworms)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Allodiscocotylidae	Flatworm	Allodiscocotyla chorinemi
Allopyragraphoridae	Flatworm	Allopyragraphorus marinae
Anchorophoridae	Flatworm	Anchorophorus sinensis
Axinidae	Flatworm	Nudaciraxine gracilis
Bychowskicotylidae	Flatworm	Bychowskicotyle plectorhynchi
Chauhaneidae	Flatworm	Ahpua piscicola
Diclidophoridae	Flatworm	Cyclocotyla bellones
Diplozoidae	Flatworm	Eudiplozoon nipponicum
Discocotylidae	Flatworm	Discocotyle ohridana
Gastrocotylidae	Flatworm	Gastrocotyle trachuri
Gotocotylidae	Flatworm	Gotocotyla meservei
Heteraxinidae	Flatworm	Zeuxapta seriolae
Heteromicrocotylidae	Flatworm	Heteromicrocotyloides megaspinosus
Hexostomatidae	Flatworm	Hexostoma sibi
Macrovalvitrematidae	Flatworm	Macrovalvitrematoides micropogoni
Mazocraeidae	Flatworm	Kuhnia scombri
Mazoplectidae	Flatworm	Mazoplectus ineptus
Megamicrocotylidae	Flatworm	Megamicrocotyle johnstoni
Microcotylidae	Flatworm	Metamicrocotyla macracantha
Monaxinoididae	Flatworm	Monaxinoides austrasiensis
Octolabeidae	Flatworm	Octolabea turchinii
Octomacridae	Flatworm	Octomacrum europaeum
Paramonaxinidae	Flatworm	Paramonaxine yamagutii
Plectanocotylidae	Flatworm	Octoplectanocotyla trichiura
Protomicrocotylidae	Flatworm	Lethacotyle fijiensis
Pseudodiclidophoridae	Flatworm	Allopseudodiclidophora opelu
Pterinotrematidae	Flatworm	Pseudopterinotrema albulae 1p
Pyragraphoridae	Flatworm	Pyragraphorus pyragraphorus
Rhinecotylidae	Flatworm	Rhinecotyle crepitacula
Thoracocotylidae	Flatworm	Scomberocotyle munroi

Order Monocotylidea (Parasitic Flatworms)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Loimoidae	Flatworm	Loimopapillosum pascuali
Microbothriidae	Flatworm	Haplocotyle japonica
Monocotylidae	Flatworm	Triloculotrema euzeti

Order Montchadskyellidea (Flatworms)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Montchadskyellidae	Tapeworm	Montchadskyella intestinale

Order Polystomatidea (Monogenean Parasitic Flatworms)

Family	Common Name	Selected Genus and Species	Image
Polystomatidae	Tapeworm	Polystoma integerrimum

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