Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845

Blend, Charles K., Dronen, Norman O. & Armstrong, Howard W., 2019, Occurrence of Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (Opecoelidae, Podocotylinae) in three species of deep-sea macrourids from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea with an updated key to species and host-parasite checklist, Zootaxa 4638 (4), pp. 507-533 : 526

Key to species of Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845

(Syns. Dideutosaccus Acena, 1941 ; Neopodocotyloides Pritchard, 1966 ; Psilolintonum Oshmarin, 1964 ; Sinistroporus Stafford, 1904 )

1 Cirrus pouch anterior to ventral sucker..................................................................… 2 - Cirrus pouch extends to level of ventral sucker or noticeably posterior to it.....................................… 6

2 Testes close together or contiguous.....................................................................… 3 - Testes separated by a distinct distance and/or by vitelline follicles............................................… 5

3 Esophagus length greater (sometimes 2X or more) than pharynx length........................................… 4

- Esophagus length about equal to pharynx length.......................................................................................... … Podocotyle harrisae 1 Bray & Campbell, 1996 (Figs. 3,4) (Egg size = 51–63 × 31–45)