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Microcotyle

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Microcotyle is a genus which belongs to the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Monogenea. Species of Microcotyle are ectoparasites that affect their host by attaching themselves as larvae on the gills of the fish and grow into adult stage. This larval stage is called oncomiracidium, and is characterized as free swimming and ciliated.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. ClassMonogenea
  4. OrderMazocraeidea
  5. FamilyMicrocotylidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Microcotyle donavini (Microcotylidae) Body (Euzet & Marc).png
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taxon name
Microcotyle
Commons category
Microcotyle
taxon author citation
Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863
taxon common name
コガタツカミムシ属
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