Diplozoidae
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| Diplozoidae | |
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| Eudiplozoon nipponicum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Diplozoidae Palombi, 1949[1] |
Diplozoidae is a family of monogeneans in the order Mazocraeidea.[2] 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. [3]