Discoverytrema

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Discoverytrema
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Opecoelidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Discoverytrema
Gibson, 1976[1]

Discoverytrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. K. Zdzitowiecki described both species of Discoverytrema as being endoparasitic in the Antarctic gadiform fish Lönnberg, 1905,[2] which are found to the south of the British South Georgia Island.[3]

Species[]

  • Zdzitowiecki, 1990[3]
  • Gibson, 1976[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Gibson, D. I. (1976). Monogenea and Digenea from fishes. Discovery Reports, 36, 179–266.
  2. ^ Lönnberg, A. J. E. (1905). The fishes of the Swedish South Polar Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903, 5(6), 1–72.
  3. ^ a b Zdzitowiecki, K. (1990). A redescription of Discoverytrema markowskii Gibson, 1976 and description of D. gibsoni n. sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae). Systematic Parasitology, 16(3), 163–167.
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