Pseudaxine kurra

Pseudaxine kurra is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish.

[1] Pseudaxine kurra has the general morphology of all species of Pseudaxine, with an elongate body tapering towards both ends, comprising an anterior part which contains most organs and a posterior part called the haptor.

The extreme of the haptor carries an elongated proboscis-like process called "the terminal lapet", bearing two pair of symmetrical hooks.

The digestive organs include an anterior, terminal funnel shaped and muscular mouth, a large and oval pharynx, a broad oesophagus and a posterior intestine that bifurcates in two lateral branches with numerous short outer and few short intercrural branches, posteriorly terminating independently behind the last testis, the right branche slightly over-reach the left.

The reproductive organs include an anterior genital atrium, a muscular and conical penis, with a basal bulb and a distal corona of 10-12 recurved hooks, a single unarmed dorsal vagina, an inverted U-shaped ovary, and 9-14 irregularly oval or somewhat rectangular testes post-ovarian, and extend to the base of the haptor in the intercrural space.

The yellowtail scad Atule mate is the type host of Pseudaxine kurra