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Flukes Are Divided into the Groups Monogenea and Digenea

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Flukes are divided into the groups Monogenea and Digenea.Monogenea have a posterior holdfast with hooks,clamps,and suckers,while Digenea have suckers but never hooks and clamps.Monogenea have only one host in the life cycle and usually live on gills or skin of fish and amphibians.Digenea have at least two hosts,and are named for having two reproductive states in their life cycle (an adult and intramolluscan phase) . Based on this information,the blood fluke Schistosoma would be classified as


A) an endoparasite and Monogenean.
B) an endoparasite and Digenean.
C) an ectoparasite and Digenean.
D) an ectoparasite and Monogenean.

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