Batrachotrema

Batrachotrema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Batrachotrematidae
Genus:	Batrachotrema ; Dollfus & Williams, 1966

Last updated April 03, 2024

Batrachotrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Batrachotrematidae. It is the type-genus of the family, and its type-species is B. petropedatis. The type-species is the only species of the family found in Africa, (as opposed to south-eastern Asia,) and this distinction has led Cribb (2005)^[2] to consider that a family-level distinction may be needed between B. petropedatis and other species of Batrachotrematidae; however, molecular testing will be needed to decide this point.^[3]Batrachotrema also contains B. pseudobagri, the only species of Batrachotrematidae which is parasitic in a fish, rather than in frogs.

Species

Batrachotrema korbaensis Rizvi, Bursey & Bhutia, 2012^[3]
Batrachotrema nagalandensis Tandon, Imkongwapang & Prasad, 2005^[4]
Batrachotrema opistosacca Liang & Ke, 1998^[5]
Batrachotrema petropedatis Dollfus & Williams, 1966^[1]
Batrachotrema pseudobagri Wang, 1981^[6]

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References

1 2 Dollfus, R. P. & Williams, M. O. (1966). Recherche des affinités naturelles d'un distome (Trematoda: Prosostomata) parasite de batracien anoure de Sierra-Leone. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 38, 201–207.
↑ Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Batrachotrematidae Dollfus and Williams, 1966. In Bray, R., Gibson, D. & Jones, A. (Eds.), Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 2 (pp. 437–442). London, UK: CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum.
1 2 Rizvi, A. N., Bursey, C. R. & Bhutia, P. T. (2012). Three new species of Digenea (Batrachotrematidae) in Nanorana minica (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Uttarkhand, India. Acta Parasitologica, 57(2), 154–159
↑ Tandon, V., Imkongwapang, R. & Prasad, P. (2005). On two new species of the trematode genera Opisthioparorchis Wang, 1980 and Batrachotrema Dollfus and Williams, 1966 (Batrachotrematidae), with a report of a Chinese species of Opsithioparorchis from anuran amphibian hosts in India. Zoos' Print Journal, 20(6), 1883–1887.
↑ Liang, C. & Je, X. (1988). Four new trematodes from mammals and amphibians in Guangdong Province (Trematode: Cathaemasiidae, Batrachotrematidae). Annual Bulletin of the Society of Parasitology, Guangdong Province, 10, 129–133.
↑ Wang, P. (1981). Notes on some trematodes from freshwater fishes in Fujian Province. Journal of the Fujian Teachers University, Normal Science, 11, 81–90.

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[I-1] 1 2 Dollfus, R. P. & Williams, M. O. (1966). Recherche des affinités naturelles d'un distome (Trematoda: Prosostomata) parasite de batracien anoure de Sierra-Leone. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 38, 201–207.

[II-2] Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Batrachotrematidae Dollfus and Williams, 1966. In Bray, R., Gibson, D. & Jones, A. (Eds.), Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 2 (pp. 437–442). London, UK: CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum.

[III-3] 1 2 Rizvi, A. N., Bursey, C. R. & Bhutia, P. T. (2012). Three new species of Digenea (Batrachotrematidae) in Nanorana minica (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Uttarkhand, India. Acta Parasitologica, 57(2), 154–159

[IV-4] Tandon, V., Imkongwapang, R. & Prasad, P. (2005). On two new species of the trematode genera Opisthioparorchis Wang, 1980 and Batrachotrema Dollfus and Williams, 1966 (Batrachotrematidae), with a report of a Chinese species of Opsithioparorchis from anuran amphibian hosts in India. Zoos' Print Journal, 20(6), 1883–1887.

[V-5] Liang, C. & Je, X. (1988). Four new trematodes from mammals and amphibians in Guangdong Province (Trematode: Cathaemasiidae, Batrachotrematidae). Annual Bulletin of the Society of Parasitology, Guangdong Province, 10, 129–133.

[VI-6] Wang, P. (1981). Notes on some trematodes from freshwater fishes in Fujian Province. Journal of the Fujian Teachers University, Normal Science, 11, 81–90.

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