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 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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