Microcotyle peprili

Microcotyle peprili is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. ^[1]

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1. 18 relations: Chesapeake Bay, Clamp (zoology), Fish, Fish diseases and parasites, Gastrointestinal tract, Gill, Haptor, Microcotyle, Microcotylidae, Monogenea, North Carolina, Ovary, Peprilus paru, Species, Spine (zoology), Stromateidae, Sucker (zoology), Testicle.

2. Animals described in 1949

Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States.

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Clamp (zoology)

Clamps are the main attachment structure of the Polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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Fish diseases and parasites

Like humans and other animals, fish suffer from diseases and parasites.

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Gastrointestinal tract

The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

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Gill

A gill is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide.

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Haptor

The haptor is the attachment organ of the monogeneans, a group of parasitic Platyhelminthes.

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Microcotyle

Microcotyle is a genus which belongs to the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Monogenea. Microcotyle peprili and Microcotyle are Microcotylidae.

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Microcotylidae

Microcotylidae is a family of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans.

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Monogenea

Monogeneans, members of the class Monogenea, are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Ovary

The ovary is a gonad in the female reproductive system that produces ova.

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Peprilus paru

Peprilus paru, (harvestfish or American harvestfish; syn. Peprilus alepidotus), also occasionally known by a few local names as star butter fish or sometimes even simply as butterfish, is a marine, benthopelagic, circular-shaped and deep-bodied fish classified in the family Stromateidae of butterfishes.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Spine (zoology)

In a zoological context, spines are hard, needle-like anatomical structures found in both vertebrate and invertebrate species.

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Stromateidae

The family Stromateidae or butterfish contains 15 species of fish in three genera.

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Sucker (zoology)

A sucker in zoology is a specialised attachment organ of an animal.

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Testicle

A testicle or testis (testes) is the male gonad in all bilaterians, including humans.

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See also

Animals described in 1949

• Arctoseius austriacus
• Bothrops chloromelas
• Campodea taurica
• Ceratophysella succinea
• Charinus pescotti
• Dendrolaelaps foveolatus
• Eosentomon beltrani
• Eosentomon bolivari
• Eosentomon destitutum
• Eosentomon machadoi
• Eosentomon pelaezi
• Eosentomon recula
• Gamasellus nivalis
• Habrotrocha rosa
• Illinichernes distinctus
• Isoentomon setigerum
• Meara stichopi
• Microcotyle otrynteri
• Microcotyle peprili
• Millepora tenera
• Panteniphis mirandus
• Phlyctenanthus australis
• Polymorphus actuganensis
• Pseudosinella spinosa
• Tectitethya crypta
• Xenoturbella bocki

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcotyle_peprili

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