Acanthotrema (trematode)

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Acanthotrema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Heterophyidae
Genus: Acanthotrema
Travassos, 1928 [1]

Acanthotrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Heterophyidae.

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Travassos, L. (1928). Nouveau trématode parasite de Laridae. Comptes Rendues de la Société Biologique du Brésil, 99, 884–885.
  2. 1 2 3 Lafuente, M., Roca, V. & Carbonell, E. (2000). Description of Acanthotrema armata n. sp. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from Larus audouinii (Aves: Laridae), with an amended diagnosis of the genus Acanthotrema Travassos, 1928. Systematic Parasitology, 45(2), 131–134.
  3. ↑ Holliman, R. B. (1961). Larval trematodes from the Apalachee Bay area, Florida, with a check list of known marine cercariae arranged in a key to their superfamilies. Tulane Studies in Zoology, 9, 1–74.
  4. ↑ Kinsella, J. M. & Heard, R. W. III (1974). Morphology and life cycle of Stictodora cursitans n. comb. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from mammals in Florida salt marshes. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 93(3), 408–412.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Sohn, W., Han, E. & Chai, J. (2002). Acanthotrema felis n. sp. (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from the small intestine of stray cats in the Republic of Korea. The Journal of Parasitology, 89(1), 154–158.
  6. ↑ Martin, W. E. (1950). Parastictodora hancocki n. gen., n. sp. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae), with observations on its life cycle. Journal of Parasitology, 36, 360–370.
  7. ↑ Sogandares-Bernal, F. & Walton, D. (1965). Stictodora laciformicola n. sp. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from Floridian piscivorous birds. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 32, 115–117.
  8. ↑ Velazquez, C. C. (1973). Observations on some Heterophyidae (Trematoda: Digenea) encysted in Philippine fishes. The Journal of Parasitology, 59, 77–84.
  9. ↑ Martin, W. E. & Kuntz, R. E. (1955). Some Egyptian heterophyid trematodes. The Journal of Parasitology, 41, 374–382.


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