Teraplectanum
Genus of worms
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Teraplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All species of the genus are parasitic on the gills of fish in the family Teraponidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Dactylogyridea |
| Family: | Diplectanidae |
| Genus: | Teraplectanum Lim, 2015 |
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Susan Lim (2015) described the genus on the basis of the arrangement of the copulatory apparatus and wrote: "in species of Teraplectanum, spermatozoa stored in the seminal vesicle and secretions stored in the prostatic reservoir are transferred into, and mixed to form semen within, a special sclerotized auxiliary piece".[1]
Etymology
The generic name is derived from Terapon, the genus of the type-host, and Diplectanum, the type genus of the family Diplectanidae.
