Kingdom Animalia Phylum Platyhelminthes Rank Species | Family Diplectanidae Genus Echinoplectanum Subclass Monopisthocotylea | |
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Similar Pseudorhabdosynochus, Polyopisthocotylea, Monogenea, Gyrodactylus | ||
Echinoplectanum laeve is a diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of the coralgrouper, Plectropomus laevis. It has been described in 2006. E. laeve is the type-species of the genus Echinoplectanum.
Etymology
Echinoplectanum laeve was named for the species of its type-host, Plectropomus laevis.
References
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