Enterogyrus
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| Enterogyrus | |
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| Enterogyrus coronatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Ancyrocephalidae |
| Genus: | Enterogyrus Paperna, 1963 [1] |
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Enterogyrus is a genus of monogeneans belonging to the family Ancyrocephalidae.[2]
All members of the genus are parasitic on fish, but, in contrast to most ancyrocephalid which are parasites on the gills, species of Enterogyrus are parasite in the digestive system.[1][3]
