Monogenea
This post was written by admin on February 2, 2010
Posted Under: Glossary
Posted Under: Glossary
A Class of Parasites,
They are usually Ectoparasites on Fishes,with Direct life cycle ,and mostly Hermaphrodites ,but Gyrodactylids are exceptional and they are Viviparous
They are very Host specific , their Infective larva is called Oncomiracidium
e.g. Gyrodactylus ,Dactylogyrus , Nitzschia ,Diclybothrium


