Monopisthocotylea

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Kingdom Animalia Subclass Monopisthocotylea Higher classification Monogenea		Phylum Platyhelminthes Scientific name Monopisthocotylea Rank Order

Similar Monogenea, Polyopisthocotylea, Flatworm, Capsalidae, Gyrodactylus

The Monopisthocotylea are a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea. Only two subclasses are in the class Monogenea:

Monopisthocotylea

Polyopisthocotylea

Classification

The subclass Monopisthocotylea contains these orders:

Order Capsalidea

Order Dactylogyridea

Order Gyrodactylidea

Order Monocotylidea

Order Montchadskyellidea

Entobdella soleae, a capsalid from the sole Solea solea off the United Kingdom

Gyrodactylus salaris, a gyrodactylid, or "salmon fluke", a deadly parasite of salmon in Norway

Calydiscoides euzeti, a diplectanid from the emperor, Lethrinus rubrioperculatus

Pseudorhabdosynochus epinepheli, a diplectanid from groupers, which is the type species of the species-rich genus Pseudorhabdosynochus

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