Proneohelicometra

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Proneohelicometra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Opecoelidae
Subfamily: Helicometrinae
Genus: Proneohelicometra
Hassanine, 2006 [1]
Species:
P. aegyptensis
Binomial name
Proneohelicometra aegyptensis
Hassanine, 2006

Proneohelicometra is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It consists of one species, Proneohelicometra aegyptensis. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hassanine, R. (2006). Trematodes from Red Sea fishes: Proneohelicometra aegyptensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925) and Neohypocreadium gibsoni sp. nov. (Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905). Acta Parasitologica, 51(4), 249–254.