Rhamnocercoides
Genus of worms
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Rhamnocercoides is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All species of Rhamnocercoides are parasites of marine perciform fishes of the family Sciaenidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Rhamnocercoides Luque & Iannacone, 1991 |
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Etymology
The generic name is based "in the morphological similarity with the genus Rhamnocercus".[1]
