''Caballeraxine'' is a
genus which belongs to the
family Microcotylidae and
class Monogenea.
[Lebedev, B. I. 1972. ''Caballeraxine'' nom. nov., -a new name for ''Axinella'' Lebedev, Paruchin et Roitman, 1970 (Monogenoidea). n Russian, Engl. sum.Trudy Biologo-Pochvennogo Instituta n. s. (114) :154.] As all Monogenea, species of ''Caballeraxine'' are
ectoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
s that affect their host by attaching themselves as
larvae on the
gills of the
fish and grow into adult stage. This larval stage is called
oncomiracidium, and is characterized as free swimming and
ciliated.
Members of the genus ''Caballeraxine'' are characterised by a single, unarmed vagina.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species,
[WoRMS (2019). ''Caballeraxine'' Lebedev, 1972. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518920 on 2019-11-27] this genus includes one specie:
References
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Microcotylidae
Monogenea genera