Euzetia occultum is a species of flatworm which parasitizes the gills of the Australian cownose ray and is the type species for its genus.[1] It can be distinguished from Euzetia lamothei based on its overall size and reproductive morphology.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Monogenea |
| Order: | Monocotylidea |
| Family: | Monocotylidae |
| Genus: | Euzetia |
| Species: | E. occultum
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| Binomial name | |
| Euzetia occultum Chisholm & Whittington 2001
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References
edit- ^ Chisholm, Leslie A.; Whittington, Ian D. (March 2001). "Euzetia occultum n. g., n. sp. (Euzetiinae n. subf.), a monocotylid monogenean from the gills of Rhinoptera neglecta (Rhinopteridae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia". Systematic Parasitology. 48 (3): 179–183. doi:10.1023/a:1006488701833. PMID 11302615.
- ^ Pulido-Flores, Griselda; Monks, Scott (2008). "A new species of Euzetia (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) on the gills of Rhinoptera bonasus (Rhinopteridae) from Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, México". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 79: 83S–88S.
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