Biology:Transversotrema elegans

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Short description: Species of fluke

Transversotrema elegans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Transversotrematidae
Genus: Transversotrema
Species:
T. elegans
Binomial name
Transversotrema elegans
Hunter at al., 2010[1]

Transversotrema elegans is a species of trematodes found from species of the labrid genus Choerodon on Heron Island and Lizard Island. It is characterised by its number of vitelline follicles enclosed by its cyclocoel and by the size of its testicle.[2][3]

References

  1. A cryptic complex of Transversotrema species (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) on labroid, haemulid and lethrinid fishes in the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the description of three new species. Hunter J.A., Ingram E., Adlard R.D., Bray, R.A. and Cribb T.H., Zootaxa, 2010, volume 2652 , pages 17-32
  2. Hunter, J. A., et al. "A cryptic complex of Transversotrema species (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) on labroid, haemulid and lethrinid fishes in the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the description of three new species." Zootaxa 2652 (2010): 17-32.
  3. Biogeography of tropical Indo-West Pacific parasites: A cryptic species of Transversotrema and evidence for rarity of Transversotrematidae (Trematoda) in French Polynesia. Thomas H. Cribb, Robert D. Adlard, Rodney A. Bray, Pierre Sasal, Scott C.Cutmore, Parasitology International, Volume 63, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages 285-294, doi:10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.009

Wikidata ☰ Q2082318 entry