Actinocleidus

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Actinocleidus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Ancyrocephalidae
Genus: Actinocleidus
Mueller, 1937 [1]
Species

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Actinocleidus is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae. [2] All members of the genus are parasitic on fish.

Species

The following species are considered valid according to WoRMS: [2]

A number of other species are considered taxa inquirenda by WorMs. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mueller, J. F. (1937). Further studies on North American gyrodactyloidea. American Midland Naturalist, 18(2), 207-219. JSTOR
  2. 1 2 3 WoRMS (2018). Actinocleidus Mueller, 1937. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717356 on 2018-08-12