Biology:Transversotrema espanola

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Short description: Species of fluke

Transversotrema espanola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Transversotrematidae
Genus: Transversotrema
Species:
T. espanola
Binomial name
Transversotrema espanola
Hunter & Cribb, 2012

Transversotrema espanola is a species of parasitic platyhelminthe found in lutjanines on Heron Island and Lizard Island.[1]

References

  1. Hunter, Janet A., and Thomas H. Cribb. "A cryptic complex of species related to Transversotrema licinum Manter, 1970 from fishes of the Indo-West Pacific, including descriptions of ten new species of Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 (Digenea: Transversotrematidae)." Zootaxa 3176 (2012): 1-44.

Further reading

  • Cribb, Thomas H., et al. "Biogeography of tropical Indo-West Pacific parasites: A cryptic species of Transversotrema and evidence for rarity of Transversotrematidae (Trematoda) in French Polynesia." Parasitology international 63.2 (2014): 285–294.
  • Bray, Rodney A., and Thomas H. Cribb. "Are cryptic species a problem for parasitological biological tagging for stock identification of aquatic organisms?."Parasitology 142.01 (2015): 125–133.

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