Paradiplozoon hemiculteri
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| Paradiplozoon hemiculteri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Diplozoidae |
| Genus: | Paradiplozoon |
| Species: | P. hemiculteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Paradiplozoon hemiculteri Ling, 1973 | |
Paradiplozoon hemiculteri is a species of monogenean of the family Diplozoidae.[1][2] As in all species of this family, the bodies of the two hermaphroditic members of a couple are permanently fused for life.
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This monogenean is a parasite of the gills of the sharpbelly Hemiculter leucisculus in China. According to Jirsová et al.,[1] P. hemiculteri is the only diplozoid found on the gills of H. leucisculus to date.
