''Echinoplectanum'' is a

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monopisthocotylea The Monopisthocotylea are a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea. WoRMS (2019). Monopisthocotylea. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119219 on 2019-02-08 Yamaguti, S. (1963). Systema Helminthum V ...

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ns in the family

Diplectanidae The Diplectanidae are a family of monopisthocotylean monogeneans. They are all parasitic on the gills of fish (marine or freshwater). Diplectanids are small animals, generally around 1 mm in length. As parasites, they can be extremely numerou ...

. All its species are

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on the

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s of

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; hosts recorded to date are all

grouper Groupers are fish of any of a number of genera in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae, in the order Perciformes. Not all serranids are called "groupers"; the family also includes the sea basses. The common name "grouper" is u ...

s (Family

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), including coralgroupers (genus ''

Plectropomus ''Plectropomus'', commonly known as the coral groupers, is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are found in the Indo-Pac ...

'') and the Dusky grouper (''

Epinephelus marginatus ''Epinephelus marginatus'' (), the dusky grouper, yellowbelly rock cod or yellowbelly grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the ant ...

''). So far, species of ''Echinoplectanum'' have been recorded only from fish caught off

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and in the

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. The type-species of the genus is '' Echinoplectanum laeve'' Justine &

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, 2006.

Species

Species include: *'' Echinoplectanum chauvetorum'' Justine &

, 2006 *'' Echinoplectanum echinophallus'' (

& Oliver, 1965) Justine &

, 2006 *'' Echinoplectanum laeve'' Justine &

, 2006 *'' Echinoplectanum leopardi'' Justine &

, 2006 *'' Echinoplectanum plectropomi'' (Young, 1969) Justine &

, 2006 *'' Echinoplectanum pudicum'' Justine &

, 2006 *'' Echinoplectanum rarum'' Justine &

, 2006

References

External links

Monopisthocotylea Platyhelminthes genera Diplectanidae {{Monogenea-stub