Abyssopedunculus

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Abyssopedunculus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Opecoelidae
Genus: Abyssopedunculus
Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 [1]
Species:
A. brevis
Binomial name
Abyssopedunculus brevis
(Andres & Overstreet, 2013) Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Abyssopedunculus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It consists of one species, Abyssopedunculus brevis. [2] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Martin, S. B., Huston, D. C., Cutmore, S. C. & Cribb, T. H. (2018). A new classification for deep-sea opecoelid trematodes based on the phylogenetic position of some unusual taxa from shallow-water, herbivorous fishes off south-west Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(2), 385–413.
  2. Andres, M. J. & Overstreet, R. M. (2013). A new species of Podocotyloides (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the grey conger eel, Conger esculentus, in the Caribbean Sea. Journal of Parasitology, 99(4), 619–623.