original description
Malmberg, G. (1970). The excretory systems and the marginal hooks as a basis for the systematics of <i>Gyrodactylus</i> (Trematoda, Monogenea). <i>Arkiv for Zoologie</i> <b>23</b> 1-237. [details]
additional source
Harris, P.; Shinn, A.; Cable, J.; Bakke, T. (2004). Nominal species of the genus Gyrodactylus von Nordmann 1832 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), with a list of principal host species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 59(1): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/b:sypa.0000038447.52015.e4 [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Biology Host Pleuronectes platessa [details]
Type specimen Type series in Department of Invertebrates, Rijksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden. A separate holotype does not seem to have been established. [details]