| Trichobilharzia | |
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| Trichobilharzia regenti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Diplostomida |
| Family: | Schistosomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Schistosomatinae |
| Genus: | Trichobilharzia Skrjabin & Zakharow, 1920 [1] |
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František Moravec is a Czech parasitologist who specialises on the Nematodes, especially the nematodes parasites of fishes. His research is mainly in the field of taxonomy of the Nematoda.
