| Kritsky | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Diplostomida |
| Family: | Aporocotylidae |
| Genus: | Kritsky Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016 |
| Species: | K. platyrhynchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Kritsky platyrhynchi (Guidelli, Isaac & Pavanelli, 2002 [1] ) Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016 | |
Kritsky is a genus of digeneans in the family Aporocotylidae or blood flukes. [2] The name of the genus honours the American parasitologist Delane C. Kritsky.
The genus includes the single species Kritsky platyrhynchi(Guidelli, Isaac & Pavanelli, 2002) Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016, which is a parasite of the body cavity of the porthole shovelnose catfish, Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Pimelodidae) in Peru. [3]
