Paradiplozoon hemiculteri

Paradiplozoon hemiculteri is a species of monogenean of the family Diplozoidae.^[1][2] As in all species of this family, the bodies of the two hermaphroditic members of a couple are permanently fused for life.

The clamp in the haptor of Paradiplozoon hemiculteri

Paradiplozoon hemiculteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Monogenea
Order:	Mazocraeidea
Family:	Diplozoidae
Genus:	Paradiplozoon
Species:	P. hemiculteri
Binomial name
Paradiplozoon hemiculteri Ling, 1973

This monogenean is a parasite of the gills of the sharpbelly Hemiculter leucisculus in China. According to Jirsová et al.,^[1] P. hemiculteri is the only diplozoid found on the gills of H. leucisculus to date.