Diplozoidae

{{Short description|Family of flatworms}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = 15 Eudiplozoon nipponicum.tif

| image_caption = Eudiplozoon nipponicum

| taxon = Diplozoidae

| authority = Palombi, 1949Palombi, A. (1949). Trematodi d'Italia. Parte I. Trematodi Monogenetici. Archivio Zoologico Italiano, 34, 203408.

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Diplozoidae is a family of monogeneans in the order Mazocraeidea.WoRMS (2018). Diplozoidae Palombi, 1949. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119241 on 2018-09-08 In all species of this family, the bodies of the two hermaphroditic members of a couple are permanently fused for life. These monogeneans are parasitic on the gills of freshwater fish.

Genera

  • Afrodiplozoon Khotenovsky, 1981Khotenovsky, I. A. (1981). Systematics and phylogeny of the families Diplozoidae and Discocotylidae (Monogenea). Parazitologyia, 30, 166–175.
  • Diplozoon von Nordmann, 1832von Nordmann, A. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichite der wirbellosen Thiere. Berlin: G. Reimer. Example of species: Diplozoon paradoxum
  • Eudiplozoon (Goto, 1891) Khotenovsky, 1984{{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=Eudiplozoon nipponicum |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1312219 |access-date=April 23, 2024 |website=WoRMS}} Example of species: Eudiplozoon nipponicum
  • Neodiplozoon Tripathi, 1960Tripathi, Y. R. (1960). Change of name of Diplotrema barbi Tripathi, 1959. Indian Journal of Helminthology, 11(1/2), 116.
  • Paradiplozoon Akhmerov, 1974.Akhmerov, A. K. (1974). New species of Diplozoon from the Amur River fishes. Trudy Gel'mintologicheskoi Laboratorii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 24, 5–19. Example of species: Paradiplozoon hemiculteri, Paradiplozoon yunnanense.

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