Creptotrema

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Creptotrema
File:Parasite210036-fig1 - Creptotrema (Digenea, Allocreadiidae).png
Creptotrema creptotrema, Transmission electron microscopy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Allocreadiidae
Genus: Creptotrema
Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928

Creptotrema is a genus of Trematoda belonging to the family Allocreadiidae.[1][2][3] The genus was first described by Travassos, Artigas & Pereira in 1928.[2] Its type-species is Creptotrema creptotrema Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928.[2] 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.[3]

Gallery of images of various Creptotrema species

References

  1. ↑ "Creptotrema Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. PMC 8513519. PMID 34643505. Open access icon
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