Macrourimegatrema

Macrourimegatrema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Opecoelidae
Subfamily:	Podocotylinae
Genus:	Macrourimegatrema ; Blend, Dronen & Armstrong, 2004

Last updated December 28, 2023

Macrourimegatrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Species

Macrourimegatrema brayi Blend, Dronen & Armstrong, 2004^[1]
Macrourimegatrema gadoma Blend, Dronen & Armstrong, 2007^[2]

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References

1 2 Blend, C. K, Dronen, N. O. & Armstrong, H. W. (2004). Macrourimegatrema brayi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from four species of deep-sea macrourid fishes from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, with a list of endohelminths reported from species of Bathygadus and Gadomus (Macrouridae). Zootaxa, 566, 1–18.
↑ Blend, C. K., Dronen, N. O. & Armstrong, H. W. (2007). Macrourimegatrema gadoma n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the doublethread grenadier Gadomus arcuatus (Goode & Bean) (Macrouridae) in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Systematic Parasitology, 67(2), 93–99.

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[I-1] 1 2 Blend, C. K, Dronen, N. O. & Armstrong, H. W. (2004). Macrourimegatrema brayi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from four species of deep-sea macrourid fishes from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, with a list of endohelminths reported from species of Bathygadus and Gadomus (Macrouridae). Zootaxa, 566, 1–18.

[II-2] Blend, C. K., Dronen, N. O. & Armstrong, H. W. (2007). Macrourimegatrema gadoma n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the doublethread grenadier Gadomus arcuatus (Goode & Bean) (Macrouridae) in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Systematic Parasitology, 67(2), 93–99.

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