Cryptocotyle
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The metacercariae, encysted in the fins of the round goby | |
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Phylum: | Platyhelminthes
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Class: | Trematoda
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Superfamily: | Opisthorchioidea
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Genus: | Cryptocotyle Lühe, 1899
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Cryptocotyle is a genus of trematodes from the family Heterophyidae. The definitive hosts of the parasites are fish-eating birds and mammals.
Species[]
- Cryptocotyle americana Ciurea, 1924
- Cryptocotyle badamshini (Kurochkin, 1959)
- Cryptocotyle concava (Creplin, 1825)
- Cryptocotyle cryptocotyloides (Issaitschikow, 1923)
- Cryptocotyle delamurei (Jurachno, 1987)
- Cryptocotyle jejuna (Nicoll, 1907)
- Cryptocotyle lingua (Creplin, 1825)
- Cryptocotyle macrorhinis (MacCallum, 1916)
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Categories:
- Cryptocotyle
- Digenea genera
- Trematoda stubs