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    Protomicrocotylidae is a family of monogenean parasites in the order Mazocraeidea. The type-genus of the family is Protomicrocotyle. The genus was created...
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    clamps themselves, are lacking in certain members of the family Protomicrocotylidae. According to PESI Anthocotylidae Bychowsky, 1957 Axinidae Monticelli...
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    extremely important for the survival of the parasite. In the family Protomicrocotylidae, species have either normal clamps, simplified clamps, or no clamps...
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    Lethacotyle vera (category Protomicrocotylidae)
    Lethacotyle vera is a species of monogenean of the family Protomicrocotylidae. The species is ectoparasitic on the gills of the brassy trevally, (Caranx...
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    Lethacotyle fijiensis (category Protomicrocotylidae)
    Lethacotyle fijiensis is a species of monogeneans of the family Protomicrocotylidae. The species is ectoparasitic on the gills of an unknown carangid...
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    Clamps in various Polyopisthocotylean monogeneans of family Protomicrocotylidae...
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  • Lethacotyle (category Protomicrocotylidae)
    genus of polyopisthocotylean monogeneans, included in the family Protomicrocotylidae. The genus includes only two species: Lethacotyle fijiensis Manter...
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    Helminthological investigations: A worm of the family Protomicrocotylidae, a family created by Johnston and Tiegs in 1922...
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