Monocotylidae Taschenberg, 1879

Kohn, Anna, Cohen, Simone C. & Salgado-Maldonado, Guillermo, 2006, Checklist of Monogenea parasites of freshwater and marine fishes, amphibians and reptiles from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean, Zootaxa 1289 (1289), pp. 1-114 : 6-7

Family Monocotylidae Taschenberg, 1879

Anoplocotyloides papillatus (Doran, 1953) Young, 1967

Syn: Heterocotyle papillata Doran, 1953

Host, site and locality:

Rhinobatos glaucostigma Jordan & Gilbert (gills)

Sinaloa ( Bravo­Hollis 1969), Mexico

Calicotyle asterii (Szidat, 1970) Suriano,1977

Syn: Paracalicotyle asterii Szidat, 1970

Host, site and locality:

Mustelus norrisi Springer (cloaca)

Gulf of Mexico ( Chisholm et al. 1997), Mexico

Calicotyle kroyeri Diesing, 1850

Hosts, sites and locality:

Anacanthobatis folirostris (Bigelow & Schroeder) (cloaca, rectum and rectal gland)

Dipturus olseni (Bigelow & Schroeder) [= Raja olseni Bigelow & Schroeder ] (cloaca, rectum and rectal gland)

Gulf of Mexico ( Chisholm et al. 1997), Mexico

Calicotyle stossichi Braun, 1899

Host, sites and locality:

Mustelus norrisi (cloaca, rectum and rectal gland)

Gulf of Mexico ( Chisholm et al. 1997), Mexico

Decacotyle floridana (Pratt, 1910) Chisholm & Whittington, 1998

Syn: Heterocotyle floridana Platt, 1910

Host, site and localities:

Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen) (gills)

Campeche and Quintana Roo ( Lamothe­Argumedo et al. 1996; Pulido­Flores & Monks, 2005), Mexico

Remarks: Referred to as Heterocotyle aetobatis by Lamothe­Argumedo et al. 1996

Dendromonocotyle cortesi Bravo­Hollis, 1969

Host, site and locality:

non identified “mantarraya gris” (external dorsal surface of body)

Baja California ( Bravo­Hollis 1969), Mexico

Dendromocotyle octodiscus Hargis, 1955

Hosts, sites and localities:

Dasyatis americana Hildebrand & Schroeder (skin, dorsal surface)

Bimini ( Snelson et al. 1990), Bahamas

Quintana Roo , Yucatan ( Pulido­Flores & Monks 2005), Mexico

Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier) (skin, dorsal surface)

Quintana Roo , Yucatan ( Pulido­Flores & Monks 2005), Mexico

Remarks: Referred to as Dendromocotyle sp. by Snelson et al. 1990

Spinuris mexicana Bravo­Hollis, 1969

Host, site and locality:

Rhinobatos glaucostigma (gills)

Sinaloa ( Bravo­Hollis 1969), Mexico

Spinuris zapterygis Gomez del Prado & Euzet, 1999

Host, site and locality:

Zapteryx exasperata ( Jordan & Gilbert) (gills)

Baja California Sur (Gomez del Prado & Euzet 1999), Mexico