Biology:Creptotrema

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Short description: Genus of flukes

Creptotrema
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Creptotrema creptotrema, Transmission electron microscopy
Scientific classification e
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. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1328333. 
  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. PMID 34643505.  open access

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