5. Subfamily Encotyllabinae Monticelli, 1892 



(Fig. 281, B) 



Benedeniinae auct, , part. 



Capsalidae having the attaching disc in the shape of a deep, 

 cup-shaped sucker on a more or less long "stem" which is a distinctly 

 narrowed extension of the body. The disc lacks division by septa into 

 parts and is armed with 2 pairs of chitinous middle hooks sharply differing 

 in size and a number of (apparently 14) edge hooks. The anterior end has 

 2 well-developed suckers equipped with a membranous fringe. The curling 

 of the edges of the nniddle of the body into the ventral surface is charac- 

 teristic. The rest is basically as in Megalocotylinae. 



Parasites of marine Perciformes and as an exception on p. 382 



coregonids (?) . 



1 j 



This indication probably is not correct (see page 262 ). ] 



Type and only genus, Encotyllabe Diesing, 1850. 



i 

 Specimens belonging to the present group were not at our dis- j 



posal, nevertheless, on the basis of studying the literary data we completely ] 



agree with Sproston (Sproston, 1946) that the independence of this sub- 

 family should be recognized. The opinion of Price (Price, 1939) about 

 attribution of Encotyllabe to the subfamily of Benedenia cannot be taken j 



into consideration, that is, this genus cannot be linked either to 



Trochopodinae or to Entobdellinae in the contemporary scope of these « 



subfamilies, and consequently it has to be considered as a representative 

 of a special group. 



6. Subfamily Nitzschiinae Johnston, 1931 



(Figs. 10, A, 17, 32, H, 61, 68, 109, 193-195, 278, C) 



Ancyrocotylinae Monticelli, 1903, part. 



Capsalidae, having an attaching disc deprived of septa and 

 divisions into separate depressions. The middle hooks number 3 pairs. 

 The anterior end has 2 strongly developed glandular cephalic organs. 

 The testes are numerous. The remaining --just as among Megalocotylinae. 



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