''Laminiscus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

monogenea Monogeneans, members of the class Monogenea, are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. They have a direct lifecycle and do not require an intermediate host. Adults are hermaphrodites, meaning they ...

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Gyrodactylidae ''Gyrodactylidae'' is a Family (biology), family of flatworms in the Order (biology), order Gyrodactylidea. Genera *''Acanthoplacatus'' Ernst, Jones & Whittington, 2001Ernst, I., Jones, M. & Whittington, I. (2001). A new genus of viviparous gyro ...

. It consists of one species, ''Laminiscus gussevi'' ( Bykhovskiĭ & Polyanskiĭ, 1953).Bykhovskiĭ, B. E. & Polyanskiĭ, Y. I. (1953). Contribution to the knowledge of marine monogenetic trematodes of the family Gyrodactylidae Cobb. ''Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Leningrad'', 13, 92–126. Laminiscus is a marine parasite, using its haptor to attach itself to a marine fish host (Přikrylová et al., 2013). Its haptor consists of no dorsal bar, additional internal support plates, hamuli with distinct dorsal and ventral roots, and marginal hook sickles with poorly developed heels and short handles (Cone et al., 2010).

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