Gyrodactylidea

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Gyrodactylidea
Gyrodactylus alexanderi on Gasterosteus aculeatus.jpg
Haptor of Gyrodactylus alexanderi found on Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined stickleback)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Subclass: Monopisthocotylea
Order: Gyrodactylidea
Families

Gyrodactylidea is an order of monogenean parasitic flatworms in the subclass Monopisthocotylea. [1]

References

  1. Malmberg, G (1998-10-01). "On the evolution within the family Gyrodactylidae (Monogenea)" . International Journal for Parasitology. 28 (10): 1625–1635. doi:10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00058-7. ISSN   0020-7519. PMID   9801920.