Furcohaptor
Genus of flatworms
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Furcohaptor is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All known species are parasitic on the gills of tonguefish (family Cynoglossidae).
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Furcohaptor Bijukumar & Kearn, 1996 |
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Members of the genus Furcohaptor have a haptor with atypical structure (two long haptoral arms, one pair of typical anchors, one pair of rod-shaped hooks, five pairs of typical-shaped marginal hooks, and one pair of marginal hooks which are reduced in size)[1] and the genus was originally placed in the family Ancyrocephalidae,[1] but a study based on morphology and molecules demonstrated in 2017 that it was a member of the Diplectanidae.[3]
Etymology
The generic name, Furcohaptor, is in reference to the specimens' bifurcate haptors.