Allogastrocotyle
{{Short description|Genus of flatworms}}
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|image = Allogastrocotyle sp (Gastrocotylidae) Body (Bouguerche, Gey, Tazerouti & Justine).png
|image_caption = Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis
|taxon = Allogastrocotyle
|authority = Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1984Nasir, P. & Fuentes, J.L. (1983). "Algunos trematodos monogeneticos Venezolanos". Revista de Parasitologia. 44: 335-380. (In Spanish).
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Allogastrocotyle is a genus within the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Monogenea. The only species in this genus (Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis) is parasitic upon fish.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KI_HMYs2ABwC&pg=PA42|title=Metazoan parasites in the neotropics: a systematic and ecological perspective|date=2000|publisher=UNAM|isbn=9789683688279|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Bouguerche|first1=Chahinez|last2=Tazerouti|first2=Fadila|last3=Gey|first3=Delphine|last4=Justine|first4=Jean-Lou|title=Redescription and molecular characterisation of Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1983 (Monogenea: Gastrocotylidae) from Trachurus picturatus (Bowdich) (Perciformes: Carangidae) off the Algerian coast, Mediterranean Sea|journal=Systematic Parasitology|volume=96|issue=8|year=2019|pages=681–694|issn=0165-5752|doi=10.1007/s11230-019-09883-7|pmid=31576478|s2cid=203625947|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02557974/file/Bouguerche%20et%20al%20-%20Allogastrocotyle%20bivaginalis%20-%20Systematic%20Parasitology%20HAL.pdf}}
Systematics
Allogastrocotyle was established to accommodate Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis from the gills of the rough scad Trachurus lathami, and designated as the type species of the genus.
This genus resembles Gastrocotyle and Pseudaxine especially in having a haptor developed on one side of the body.
However, it differs by the following features:
Species
Allogastrocotyle includes one species:
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- Allogastrocotyle bivaginalis Nasir & Fuentes Zambrano, 1984
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