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Diplectanum
Sign in to saveDiplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae. The genus, created by Karl Moriz Diesing, gave its name to the family Diplectanidae. All its species are parasites of the gill lamellae of teleosts. The type-species of the genus is Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857).
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassMonogenea
- OrderDactylogyridea
- FamilyDiplectanidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 76
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Diplectanidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Bermuda, United States, China, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Kuwait, Uganda
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- Parent taxon
- Diplectanidae
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Diplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae. The genus, created by Karl Moriz Diesing, gave its name to the family Diplectanidae. All its species are parasites of the gill lamellae of teleosts. The type-species of the genus is Diplectanum aequans (Wagener, 1857).
==Species== thumb|Extract of Karl Moriz Diesing (1858) Revision der Myzhelminthen - with first mention of Diplectanum and [[Diplectanum aequans. Text in Latin]]
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