Characterisitics
Numbers of Species
1100
Hosts
Usually Aquatic vertebrae
Life Cycle
1. Ciliated larvae are produced
2. Attach to epidermis as exoparasites
3. Feed on epithelial cells, mucus, or blood
4. Larvae produced who then swim and attach to another host
Egg->oncomiracidium->adult
Opisthaptor: hooks to allow the monogenea to attach to the fish
1100
Hosts
Usually Aquatic vertebrae
Life Cycle
1. Ciliated larvae are produced
2. Attach to epidermis as exoparasites
3. Feed on epithelial cells, mucus, or blood
4. Larvae produced who then swim and attach to another host
Egg->oncomiracidium->adult
Opisthaptor: hooks to allow the monogenea to attach to the fish
Number of Generations
One generation