Transversotrematidae
| Transversotrematidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Suborder: | Transversotremata Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003 |
| Superfamily: | Transversotrematoidea Witenberg, 1944 |
| Family: | Transversotrematidae Witenberg, 1944[1] |
Transversotrematidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida. It is the only family in the superfamily Transversotrematoidea, which is the only superfmaily in the suborder Transversotremata. It has been synonymised with Circuitiocoeliidae Wang, 1981,[2] Squamacolidae Pan & Wang, 1985,[3] and Transversotrematinae Witenberg, 1944.[1]
Genera
[edit]- Circuitiocoelium Wang, 1981[2]
- Crusziella Cribb, Bray & Barker, 1992[4]
- Prototransversotrema Angel, 1969[5]
- Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Witenberg, G. (1944). Transversotrema haasi, a new fish trematode. Journal of Parasitology, 30, 179–180.
- ^ a b Wang, P. (1981). Notes on one new family and three new species of trematodes from Vertebrata in Wuyi, Fujian Province. Wuyi Science Journal, 1, 90–94.
- ^ Pan, Jin-Pei & Wang, Wei-Jun (1985). An ectoparasitic, digenetic trematode Squamacola parvivitellaria gen. et sp. nov. (Squamacolidae fam. nov.), found from freshwater fishes of China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 10(4), 344–349.
- ^ Cribb, T. H., Bray, R. A. & Barker, S. C. (1992). A review of the family Transversotrematidae (Trematoda: Digenea) with the description of a new genus, Crusziella. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6(4), 909–935.
- ^ Angel, L. M. (1969). Prototransversotrema steeri gen. nov., sp. nov. (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) from a South Australian fish. Parasitology, 59(3), 719–724.
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