Species of Anchoromicrocotyle are ectoparasites that affect their host by attaching themselves as larvae on the gills of the fish and grow into adult stage.

In the same work, Bravo-Hollis in 1981 created a new subfamily Anchoromicrocotylinae and emended the diagnosis of the family Microcotylidae.

Members of Anchoromicrocotyle have an elongated body with the a symmetrical haptor armed with three pairs of larval hooks.

The digestif system includes two oral suckers with papillary edges, a pharynx and an esophagus present.

The female genital system comprises a complex ovary, a genito-intestinal canal, an ootype, a uterus and a medio-dorsal unarmed vagina.