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Diplozoidae

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Also known as Diplozorlaria

Diplozoidae is a family of monogeneans in the order Mazocraeidea. 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.

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. ClassMonogenea
  4. OrderMazocraeidea
  5. FamilyDiplozoidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Parasite170100-fig1 Paradiplozoon hemiculteri (Monogenea, Diplozoidae) body only.png
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Diplozoidae is a family of monogeneans in the order Mazocraeidea. 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.

==Genera== Afrodiplozoon Khotenovsky, 1981 Diplozoon von Nordmann, 1832 Example of species: Diplozoon paradoxum Eudiplozoon (Goto, 1891) Khotenovsky, 1984 Example of species: Eudiplozoon nipponicum Neodiplozoon Tripathi, 1960 Paradiplozoon Akhmerov, 1974. Example of species: Paradiplozoon hemiculteri, Paradiplozoon yunnanense.

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