Biology:Stegodexamene

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Short description: Genus of flukes

Stegodexamene
Stegodexamene callista adult.jpg
Drawing of adult trematode Stegodexamene callista (holotype) found in the gut of the long-finned freshwater eel Anguilla reinhardtii caught in creek in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia cerca 1983
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Aephnidiogenidae
Genus: Stegodexamene
MacFarlane, 1951[1]

Stegodexamene is a genus of trematodes in the family Aephnidiogenidae.

Species

  • Stegodexamene anguillae MacFarlane, 1951[1]
  • Stegodexamene callista Watson, 1984[2]
  • Stegodexamene watsoni Cribb, 1988[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MacFarlane, W. V. (1951). The life cycle of Stegodexamene anguillae n. g., n. sp., an allocreadiid trematode from New Zealand. Parasitology, 41(1), 1–10.
  2. Watson, R. A. (1984). The life cycle and morphology of Tetracerasta blepta, gen. et sp. nov., and Stegodexamene callista, sp. nov. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae) from the long-finned eel, Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner. Australian Journal of Zoology, 32(1), 177–204.
  3. Cribb, T. H. (1988). Two new digenetic trematodes from Australian fishes with notes on previously described species. Journal of Natural History, 1, 27–43.

Wikidata ☰ Q55000352 entry