Loading AI tools
Genus of flatworms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jaliscia is a genus which belongs to the family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. As all Monogenea, species of Jaliscia are ectoparasites that affect their host by attaching themselves as larvae on the gills of the fish and grow into adult stage. This larval stage is called oncomiracidium, and is characterized as free swimming and ciliated.[1]
Jaliscia | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Monogenea |
Order: | Mazocraeidea |
Family: | Microcotylidae |
Subfamily: | Microcotylinae |
Genus: | Jaliscia Mamaev & Egorova, 1977 |
Species: | J. caballeroi |
Binomial name | |
Jaliscia caballeroi (Bravo-Hollis, 1960) Mamaev & Egorova, 1977 | |
Members of the genus Jaliscia are characterised by an armed genital atrium, an unarmed cirrus [2] and a single unarmed vagina.[3]
According to the World Register of Marine Species,[4] this genus includes one species:
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.