Paradiplectanum

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Paradiplectanum is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans in the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All its species are parasites on marine perciform fishes of the family Sillaginidae.

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Paradiplectanum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Diplectanidae
Genus: Paradiplectanum
Domingues & Boeger, 2008
Species

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Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species,[1] there are only two species in the genus:

  • Paradiplectanum blairense (Gupta & Khanna, 1974) Domingues & Boeger, 2008 [3]
  • Paradiplectanum sillagonum (Tripathi, 1959) Domingues & Boeger, 2008 [4]

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