Bychowskicotylidae Explained

Bychowskicotylidae is a family of monogeneans in the order Mazocraeidea.^[1] The name of the family, and of its type-genus Bychowskicotyle, was created to honour Boris Evseevitch Bychowsky, a Soviet scientist and parasitologist, specialist of monogeneans.

Genera

• Bychowskicotyle Lebedev, 1969
• Gaterina Lebedev, 1969
• Tonkinopsis Lebedev, 1972 ^[2]
• Yamaguticotyla Price, 1959 ^[3]

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2018). Bychowskicotylidae Lebedev, 1969. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518771 on 2018-08-10
2. Lebedev, B. I. (1972). The taxonomy of monogeneans of suborder Gastrocotylinea. Investigations on the fauna, systematics, and biochemistry of helminths in the Far East. Proceedings of the Institute of Biology and Pedology, 11(114), 121–145.
3. Price, W. E. (1959). A proposed reclassification of the gastrocotyloid Monogenea. Journal of Parasitology, 31.