monogenean
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)dʒɪˈniːən
/ /mɒnə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪən /Zoology
adjective
Relating to a group of flukes that are chiefly external or gill parasites of fish and only require a single host. Compare with digenean.Unionicolid mites and monogenean trematodes are often found feeding upon the mantle and branchial tissue.
noun
A monogenean fluke.
- Class Monogenea, phylum Platyhelminthes; sometimes treated as a subclass of the class Trematoda.
- These peptides and FMRFamide excite the muscle cells and fibers of tubellarians, digeneans, and monogeneans.
Origin
1960s: from modern Latin Monogenea (from Greek monos 'single' + genea 'generation') + -an.