Solostamenides
Sign in to saveSolostamenides is a genus which belongs to the family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassMonogenea
- OrderMazocraeidea
- FamilyMicrocotylidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
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Solostamenides is a genus which belongs to the family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea.
==Morphology== As all Monogenea, species of Solostamenides 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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Animalia
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fish
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taxonomy
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parasitism
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Platyhelminthes
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gill
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larva
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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cilium
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World Register of Marine Species
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Catalogue of Life
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Monogenea
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Fauna Europaea
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Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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