Parvacreadium

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Parvacreadium
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Opecoelinae
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Parvacreadium

Manter, 1940 [1]
Binomial name
Parvacreadium bifidum
Manter, 1940 [1]

Parvacreadium is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It consists of one species, Parvacreadium bifidum Manter, 1940. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 2, 364–473.