{{Short description|Genus of flatworms}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Solostamenides |authority = Unnithan, 1971 }}
'''''Solostamenides''''' is a genus which belongs to the family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea.
==Morphology== As all Monogenea, species of ''Solostamenides'' are ectoparasites 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.<ref name="Unnithan1971">Unnithan, R. V. (1971). On the functional morphology of a new fauna of Monogenoidea on fishes from Trivandrum and environs. Part IV. Microcotylidae sensu stricto and its repartition into subsidiary taxa. American Midland Naturalist, 366-398.</ref>
Members of the genus ''Solostamenides'' are characterised by a penis in which only the head is armed with spines, a muscular genital atrium and a single middorsal unarmed vaginal pore.<ref name="Unnithan1971"/>
==Species== According to the World Register of Marine Species,<ref>WoRMS (2019). ''Solostamenides'' Unnithan, 1971. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119386 on 2019-11-27</ref> this genus includes 5 species: {{columns-list|colwidth=25em| * ''Solostamenides mugilis'' <small>(Vogt, 1879) Unnithan, 1971</small> * ''Solostamenides paucitesticulatus'' <small> Kritsky & Öktener, 2015</small> * ''Solostamenides platyorchis'' <small> Zhang & Yang, 2001</small> * ''Solostamenides pseudomugilis'' <small> (Hargis, 1957) Unnithan, 1971</small> }}• Solostamenides iraqensis (Fatima Shihab Al-Nasiri) 2018
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Category:Microcotylidae Category:Monogenea genera