''Laminiscus'' is a

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monogenea Monogeneans are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. They have a direct lifecycle and do not require an intermediate host. Adults are hermaphrodites, meaning they have both male and female reprod ...

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Gyrodactylidae ''Gyrodactylidae'' is a family of flatworms in the order Gyrodactylidea Gyrodactylidea is an order of monogenean parasitic flatworms in the subclass Monopisthocotylea The Monopisthocotylea are a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class ...

. It consists of one species, ''Laminiscus gussevi'' ( Bykhovskiĭ & Polyanskiĭ, 1953).Bykhovskiĭ, B. E. & Polyanskiĭ, Y. I. (1953). Contribution to the knowledge of marine monogenetic trematodes of the family Gyrodactylidae Cobb. ''Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Leningrad'', 13, 92–126. Laminiscus is a marine parasite, using its haptor to attach itself to a marine fish host (Přikrylová et al, 2013). Its haptor consists of no dorsal bar, additional internal support plates, hamuli with distinct dorsal and ventral roots, and marginal hook sickles with poorly developed heels and short handles (Cone et al, 2010).

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