Mazocraeidea
Sign in to saveMazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
Species
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassMonogenea
- OrderMazocraeidea
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- Collections
- USNM, QM
- Recorded in
- Puerto Rico, United States, Australia, United Kingdom
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Mazocraeidea is an order of flatworms in the subclass Polyopisthocotylea within the class Monogenea.
The species of this order have various structures in the clamps of their posterior attachment organ, including additional sclerites in the Gastrocotylidae and related families. However, these additional sclerites, and even the clamps themselves, are lacking in certain members of the family Protomicrocotylidae. thumb|Clamps in various genera of Protomicrocotylidae. Black: additional sclerite, characteristic of the Mazocraeidea
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