Gyrodactyloidea

Gyrodactyloidea

[¦jī·rō‚dak·tə′lȯid·ē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A superfamily of ectoparasitic trematodes in the subclass Monogenea; the posterior holdfast is solid and is armed with central anchors and marginal hooks.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Acolpenteron ureteroecetes a monogenetic trematode from the ureters of the black basses, with a revision of the family Calceostomatidae (Gyrodactyloidea).
Endoparasitic fauna of Serrasalmus spp. (Characidae: Serrasalminae) in a neotropical floodplain/Fauna endoparasitaria de Serrasalmus spp. (Characidae: Serrasalminae) de uma planicie de inundacao neotropical
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