Aspidogaster limacoides [Aspidogaster limacoides]
Description
Aspidogaster limacoides, or the limacoid aspidogaster, is a parasitic worm known to infect freshwater fish and turtles. It has a unique, limpet-like body shape with numerous ventral suckers. It is hermaphroditic, meaning it possesses both male and female reproductive organs.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Flatworms
Platyhelminthes
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Trematoda
Trematoda
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| Order |
Aspidogastrids
Aspidogastrea
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| Family |
Aspidogastrids
Aspidogastridae
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| Genus |
Aspidogaster
Aspidogaster
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