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All Creatures Great And Small, Hosts and Parasites

All Creatures Great And Small, Hosts and Parasites

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Marcus, a parasitologist in Brazil, writes:

I am sending the two scientific tattoos that I have:

2. An ectoparasite from needlefish (Belonidae) that I am redescribing. The parasite, Nudaciraxine gracilis belongs to the Class Monogenoidea (Platyhelminthes). This parasite group is characterized by having anchors, clamps, and hooks at the end of the body (named as haptor) used to attached to the host gills.

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