RAS taxon details
Gyrodactylidae Cobbold, 1864
119229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119229)
accepted
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cobbold, T. S. (1864). Entozoa: an introduction to the study of helminthology, with reference, more particularly, to the internal parasites of man. <em>London: Groombridge.</em> 480 pp. [details]
RAS (2025). Gyrodactylidae Cobbold, 1864. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119229 on 2026-09-21
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Gyrodactylidae Cobbold, 1864. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119229 on 2026-09-21
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Cobbold, T. S. (1864). Entozoa: an introduction to the study of helminthology, with reference, more particularly, to the internal parasites of man. <em>London: Groombridge.</em> 480 pp. [details]
taxonomy source Bakke, T.; Cable, J.; Harris, P. (2007). The Biology of Gyrodactylid Monogeneans: The “Russian-Doll Killers”. <em>Advances in Parasitology Volume 64.</em> 161-460., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-308x(06)64003-7 [details]
taxonomy source Janulewicz, J.; Pietkiewicz, M.; Ziętara, M. S. (2024). Revision of the Most Primitive Taxa of the Family Gyrodactylidae (van Beneden et Hesse, 1864) (Platyhelminthes, Monopisthocotyla) Based on ITS rDNA Phylogeny. <em>Genes.</em> 15(9): 1236., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15091236 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription van Beneden, P. J.; Hesse, C.-E. (1863). Recherches sur les bdellodes ou hirudinées et les trématodes marins. <em>Bruxelles: M. Hayez,.</em> 142 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168184
note: The earliest use of the family name, but as the French vernacular Gyrodactylidés. [details]
identification resource Přikrylová, I.; Barson, M.; Shinn, A. P. (2021). Description of Tresuncinidactylus wilmienae gen. et sp. n. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), from the gills of the bulldog, Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters) from Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 68., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.025
note: Key to African genera [details]
biology source Bakke, T.; Cable, J.; Harris, P. (2007). The Biology of Gyrodactylid Monogeneans: The “Russian-Doll Killers”. <em>Advances in Parasitology Volume 64.</em> 161-460., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-308x(06)64003-7 [details]
taxonomy source Bakke, T.; Cable, J.; Harris, P. (2007). The Biology of Gyrodactylid Monogeneans: The “Russian-Doll Killers”. <em>Advances in Parasitology Volume 64.</em> 161-460., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-308x(06)64003-7 [details]
taxonomy source Janulewicz, J.; Pietkiewicz, M.; Ziętara, M. S. (2024). Revision of the Most Primitive Taxa of the Family Gyrodactylidae (van Beneden et Hesse, 1864) (Platyhelminthes, Monopisthocotyla) Based on ITS rDNA Phylogeny. <em>Genes.</em> 15(9): 1236., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15091236 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription van Beneden, P. J.; Hesse, C.-E. (1863). Recherches sur les bdellodes ou hirudinées et les trématodes marins. <em>Bruxelles: M. Hayez,.</em> 142 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168184
note: The earliest use of the family name, but as the French vernacular Gyrodactylidés. [details]
identification resource Přikrylová, I.; Barson, M.; Shinn, A. P. (2021). Description of Tresuncinidactylus wilmienae gen. et sp. n. (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), from the gills of the bulldog, Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters) from Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 68., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2021.025
note: Key to African genera [details]
biology source Bakke, T.; Cable, J.; Harris, P. (2007). The Biology of Gyrodactylid Monogeneans: The “Russian-Doll Killers”. <em>Advances in Parasitology Volume 64.</em> 161-460., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0065-308x(06)64003-7 [details]
