Microcotyle tanago was first described by Yamaguti in 1940 based on a single mature specimen.[1] 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[3] including M. tanago.[2] It was returned to the genus Microcotyle by Mamaev who considered Paramicrocotyle a junior subjective synonym of Microcotyle.[4]
^ abcdYamaguti, S. (1940). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of fishes, VII. Japanese Journal of Zoology 9: 35–108, 2 pls.
^ abCaballero y Caballero, E., & Bravo-Hollis, M. (1972). Monogenea (van Beneden, 1858) Carus, 1863 de peces marinos del litoral Mexicano del Golfo de Mexico y del Mar Caribe.V. Revista de Biología Tropical, 20, 151–165. PDF
