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Polyopisthocotylea
Subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Polyopisthocotylea is a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea.[1][2][3]
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Classification
There are only two subclasses in the class Monogenea:
- Monopisthocotylea. The name means "a single posterior sucker" - the attachment organ (the haptor) is simple.
- Polyopisthocotylea. The name means "several posterior suckers" - the attachment organ (the haptor) is complex, with several clamps or suckers.
The subclass Polyopisthocotylea contains the four following orders:[1]
- Order Chimaericolidea
- Order Diclybothriidea
- Order Lagarocotylidea
- Order Mazocraeidea
- Order Polystomatidea
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Examples of species
- Microcotyle visa, one of the numerous species which are parasitic on gills of marine fish.
- Diplozoon paradoxum, famous for its perfect monogamy, with the two individuals of the pair fused together
- Lethacotyle vera, a parasite of the brassy trevally (Caranx papuensis), "the monogenean which lost its clamps"
- Polystoma integerrimum, a parasite of frogs which synchronises its breeding with that of its host
- Protocotyle euzetmaillardi, a parasite of the bigeyed sixgill shark Hexanchus nakamurai
- Chimaericola leptogaster, a parasite of the gills of the chimaera Chimaera monstrosa.
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References
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