Isancistrum is a genus of monogeneans in the family Gyrodactylidae. Unlike most monogeneans which are parasitic on fish or other vertebrates, species of Isancistrum are parasitic on squids (molluscs).[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Gyrodactylidea |
| Family: | Gyrodactylidae |
| Genus: | Isancistrum de Beauchamp, 1912[1] |
Species
edit- Isancistrum loliginis de Beauchamp, 1912[1]
- Isancistrum subulatae Llewellyn, 1984[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c de Beauchamp, P. M. (1912). Isancistrum loliginis, n. g. n. sp., trématode parasite du calmar et l'existence de Solenocotyle chiajei Diesing. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 37, 96–99.
- ^ a b Llewellyn, J. (1984). The biology of Isancistrum subulatae n. sp., a monogenean parasitic on the squid, Alloteuthis subulata, at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 64(2), 285–302.
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