Cryptocotyle

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Cryptocotyle
Cryptocotyle 1.jpg
The metacercariae, encysted in the fins of the round goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
Subclass:
Order:
Suborder:
Superfamily:
Opisthorchioidea
Family:
Genus:
Cryptocotyle

Lühe, 1899
Synonyms
  • Tocotrema Looss, 1899

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)

Sources[]

  • "Cryptocotyle". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.


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