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Microcotyle tanago is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae.
Taxonomy.
"Microcotyle tanago" was first described by Yamaguti in 1940 based on a single mature specimen. Caballero y Caballero and Bravo-Hollis erected the genus "Paramicrocotyle" to describe "Paramicrocotyle tampicensis" and "Paramicrocotyle atriobursata" off Mexico, they placed within this genus 16 species previously assigned to the genus "Microcotyle" including "M. tanago". It was returned to the genus "Microcotyle" by Mamaev who considered "Paramicrocotyle" a junior subjective synonym of "Microcotyle".
Hosts and localities.
The type-host of "Microcotyle tanago" is "Ditrema temminckii temminckii" (Embiotocidae). The type-locality is off Tarumi, Japan.
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