n.’’ as authorship of M. (S.) archosargi was considered incorrect according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature by Kritsky & Bakenhaster.

The digestive organs include an anterior, terminal mouth, a muscular pharynx, and a posterior intestine with two lateral blind-ending branches.

[5] The species was also redescribed by Mendoza-Franco et al. in 2018, from Archosargus rhomboidalis,[8] including a drawing of the genital atrium.

[8] The specific epithet Microcotyle archosargi is derived from the generic name of the host species Archosargus probatocephalus.

[4] M. archosargi has also been recorded in the type-host from Florida[4][5] and Mexico,[10] and in another sparid host, the western Atlantic seabream Archosargus rhomboidalis.