Creptotrema | |
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Creptotrema creptotrema, Transmission electron microscopy | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
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