Microcotyle pentapodi is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish.

[1] Microcotyle pentapodi was first described and illustrated from the gills of Pentapodus milii off Rockingham, Australia.

[4] Microcotyle pentapodi has the general morphology of all species of Microcotyle, with a small elongated slender body, comprising an anterior part which contains most organs and a posterior part called the haptor.

The reproductive organs include an anterior genital atrium bifurcating immediately behind the genital atrium, armed with numerous spines, a medio-dorsal vagina, a single ovary and a number of circular testes which are posterior to the ovary.

[1] The species name pentapodi is derived from the generic name of the type-host, Pentapodus milii.