Biology:Polynemicola
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Short description: Genus of flatworms
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Mazocraeidea |
| Family: | Microcotylidae |
| Subfamily: | Microcotylinae |
| Genus: | Polynemicola Unnithan, 1971 |
Polynemicola is a genus of monegenean. As all Monogenea, species of Polynemicola are ectoparasites that affect their host by attaching themselves as larvae on the gills of the fish and grow into adult stage. This larval stage is called oncomiracidium, and is characterized as free swimming and ciliated. [1]
Description
Members of the genus Polynemicola are characterised by a haptor nearly as long as, and distinct from, body; an eversible spiny cirrus; an unarmed genital atrium usually with a muscular sphincter-like rim and receptaculum seminis often well developed near the distal end of vagina. [1]
Species
Currently 14 species are recognized:[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Unnithan, R. V. (1971). On the functional morphology of a new fauna of Monogenoidea on fishes from Trivandrum and environs. Part IV. Microcotylidae sensu stricto and its repartition into subsidiary taxa. American Midland Naturalist, 366-398.
- ↑ WoRMS (2019). Polynemicola Unnithan, 1971. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518931 on 2019-11-27
Wikidata ☰ Q18581240 entry
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