original descriptionNordmann, A. (1832). Mikrographische Beitrage Zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen thiere. I Heft. <em>Berlin.</em> 118 pp.[details]
taxonomy sourceMatejusov, I.; Gelnar, M.; Verneau, O.; Cunningham, C. O.; Littlewood, D. T. J. (2003). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gyrodactylus (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) inferred from rDNA ITS region: subgenera versus species groups. <em>Parasitology.</em> 127(6): 603-611., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182003004098[details]
taxonomy sourceRahmouni, C.; Seifertová, M.; Šimková, A. (2023). Revealing the hidden diversity of <i>Gyrodactylus</i> communities (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) from Nearctic Catostomidae and Leuciscidae fish hosts (Teleostei, Cypriniformes), with descriptions of ten new species. <em>Parasite.</em> 30: 40., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2023035[details]
taxonomy sourceSingh, S.; Kritsky, D.; Hahn, C.; Prakash, S.; Tripathi, A. (2026). Two novel species of
<i>Gyrodactylus</i>
(Platyhelminthes: Monogenoidea: Gyrodactylidae) parasitising Day's mystus,
<i>Mystus bleekeri</i>
(Siluriformes: Bagridae), with an annotated checklist of gyrodactylids reported from the fishes of India. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 100., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x26102247 note: Details of Indian taxa. [details]
basis of recordBray, 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 sourceYang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Yue, W.; Chen, Y.; Kang, M.; He, Y.; Chen, T. (2026). Complete Mitochondrial Genome of
<i>Gyrodactylus nigeri</i>
(Platyhelminthes: Monogenea). <em>Ecology and Evolution.</em> 16(2)., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73049 note: Gyrodactylidae forms an independent and monophyletic clade within Gyrodactylidea. [details]
identification resourcePugachev, O. N.; Gerasev, P. I.; Gussev, A. V.; Ergens, R.; Khotenowsky, I. (2010). Guide to Monogenoidea of freshwater fish of Palaearctic and Amur regions. <em>Ledizion-Ledipublishing, Milan.</em> 562 pp.[details]