Polyopisthocotylea

Updated on Jan 03, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Rank Subclass		Phylum Platyhelminthes

Similar Microcotyle, Monogenea, Neodermata, Aspidogastrea, Mazocraeidea

How to pronounce polyopisthocotylean

Polyopisthocotylea is a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea.
There are only two subclasses in the class Monogenea:

Polyopisthocotylea.

The subclass Polyopisthocotylea contains the following orders:

Order Chimaericolidea

Order Diclybothriidea

Order Mazocraeidea

Order Polystomatidea

Protocotyle euzetmaillardi, a parasite of the bigeyed sixgill shark Hexanchus nakamurai

Diplozoon paradoxum, famous for its perfect monogamy, with the two individuals of the pair fused together

Lethacotyle vera, a parasite of the brassy trevally (Caranx papuensis), "the monogenean which lost its clamps"

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