Creptotrema

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Creptotrema
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Creptotrema creptotrema, Transmission electron microscopy
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Allocreadiidae
Genus: Creptotrema
Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928

Creptotrema is a genus of Trematoda belonging to the family Allocreadiidae.[1][2]

The genus was first described by Travassos, Artigas & Pereira in 1928.[1] Its type-species is Creptotrema creptotrema Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928.[1]

According to a molecular and morphological study by Franceschini et al. (2021), Creptotrema is a monophyletic genus of trematodes widely distributed across the Americas, which currently comprises 19 valid species of parasites of teleost fish and anurans.[2]

Gallery of images of various Creptotrema species[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Travassos L, Artigas P, Pereira C. 1928. Fauna helminthologica dos peixes de agua doce do Brasil. Archivos do Instituto Biológico de Defesa Agricola e Animal, 1, 5–68.
  2. ^ a b Franceschini, Lidiane; Aguiar, Aline; Zago, Aline Cristina; de Oliveira Fadel Yamada, Priscilla; Bertholdi Ebert, Mariana; da Silva, Reinaldo José (2021). "Three new species of Creptotrema (Trematoda, Allocreadiidae) with an amended diagnosis of the genus and reassignment of Auriculostoma (Allocreadiidae), based on morphological and molecular evidence". Parasite. 28: 69. doi:10.1051/parasite/2021065. open access
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