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.
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The clamp in the haptor of Paradiplozoon hemiculteri
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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.
References
- Jirsová, Dagmar; Ding, Xuejuan; Civáňová, Kristína; Jirounková, Eliška; Ilgová, Jana; Koubková, Božena; Kašný, Martin; Gelnar, Milan (2018). "Redescription of Paradiplozoon hemiculteri (Monogenea, Diplozoidae) from the type host Hemiculter leucisculus, with neotype designation". Parasite. 25: 4. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018004. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 5806537. PMID 29424339.
- Khotenovsky IA. 1985. Suborder Discocotylinea Bychowsky, 1957. In: Bauer ON editor. Key to Parasites of Freshwater Fish. Fauna of the USSR. Izdatel’stvo’ Nauka, Leningrad. p. 354–387.
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