Biology:Cryptocotyle

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Short description: Genus of flukes

Cryptocotyle
Cryptocotyle 1.jpg
The metacercariae, encysted in the fins of the round goby
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Heterophyidae
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. The metacercariae are visible in the skin of infected fish as "black spots".[1]

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)

References

  1. Duflot, Maureen; Cresson, Pierre; Julien, Maéva; Chartier, Léa; Bourgau, Odile; Palomba, Marialetizia; Mattiucci, Simonetta; Midelet, Graziella et al. (2023). "Black spot diseases in seven commercial fish species from the English Channel and the North Sea: infestation levels, identification and population genetics of Cryptocotyle spp.". Parasite 30: 28. doi:10.1051/parasite/2023028.  open access

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15031413 entry