Diplozoidae
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Diplozoidae is a family of monogeneans in the order Mazocraeidea. In all species of this family, the bodies of the two hermaphroditic members of a couple are permanently fused for life. These monogeneans are parasitic on the gills of freshwater fish.
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It sits within the topics Flatworm families, Parasites of fish and Polyopisthocotylea.
Its subject is documented across 3 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassMonogenea
- OrderMazocraeidea
- FamilyDiplozoidae
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- Mazocraeidea
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Diplozoidae is a family of monogeneans in the order Mazocraeidea. In all species of this family, the bodies of the two hermaphroditic members of a couple are permanently fused for life. These monogeneans are parasitic on the gills of freshwater fish.
==Genera== Afrodiplozoon Khotenovsky, 1981 Diplozoon von Nordmann, 1832 Example of species: Diplozoon paradoxum Eudiplozoon (Goto, 1891) Khotenovsky, 1984 Example of species: Eudiplozoon nipponicum Neodiplozoon Tripathi, 1960 Paradiplozoon Akhmerov, 1974. Example of species: Paradiplozoon hemiculteri, Paradiplozoon yunnanense.
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