Biology:Monoplectanum
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Short description: Genus of worms
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Monoplectanum Young, 1969 |
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Monoplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All its species are parasites on fish of the family Sillaginidae.
Species of Monoplectanum are special among diplectanids in that they have only one squamodisc (generally two in species of other genera),[1][3][4] hence the name of the genus.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, there are only two species in the genus:[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Young, P. C. (1969). "Some Monogenoideans of the Family Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 from Australian teleost fishes". Journal of Helminthology 43 (1–2): 223–254. doi:10.1017/S0022149X00004053. ISSN 0022-149X. PMID 5381127.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WoRMS (2018). Monoplectanum Young, 1969. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517967 on 2018-12-19
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hayward, Craig J. (1996). "Revision of diplectanid monogeneans (Monopisthocotylea, Diplectanidae) in sillaginid fishes, with a description of a new species of Monoplectanum". Zoologica Scripta 25 (3): 203–213. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00162.x. ISSN 0300-3256.
- ↑ Oliver, Guy (2015). Les Diplectanidae Bychowsky, 1957 (Monogenea, Monopisthocotylea, Dactylogyridea). Systématique. Biologie. Ontogénie. Écologie. Essai de phylogenèse (thesis). Figshare. doi:10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1295274.
Wikidata ☰ Q18584156 entry
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