monogenean in English
adjective
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of or relating to a group of flukes that are chiefly external or gill parasites of fish and only require a single host.
Unionicolid mites and monogenean trematodes are often found feeding upon the mantle and branchial tissue.
noun
1
a monogenean fluke.
Unlike monogeneans , trematodes have no opisthoaptor; instead, they are characterized by one or two suckers.
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1. Molecular phylogeny of Congeneric monogenean parasites (Dactylogyrus): a case of intrahost speciation
2. These included the acanthocephalan Echinorhynchus gadi previously unreported from herring in the northwestern Atlantic and the monogenean Gyrodactyloides andriaschewski herein described from herring for the first time.
3. Known parasites of this species include the tapeworms Grillotia smaris-gora, G. angeli, and Christianella minuta, the fluke Pseudocotyle squatinae, the monogenean Leptocotyle minor, and the isopod Aega rosacea.