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Diplozoidae
Family of flatworms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Diplozoidae is a family of monogeneans in the order Mazocraeidea.[2] 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. [3]
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Genera
- Afrodiplozoon Khotenovsky, 1981[3]
- Diplozoon von Nordmann, 1832[4] Example of species: Diplozoon paradoxum
- Eudiplozoon (Goto, 1891) Khotenovsky, 1984[5] Example of species: Eudiplozoon nipponicum
- Neodiplozoon Tripathi, 1960[6]
- Paradiplozoon Akhmerov, 1974.[7] Example of species: Paradiplozoon hemiculteri, Paradiplozoon yunnanense.
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