Maritrema is a genus of trematodes (flukes) in the family Microphallidae, although some have suggested its placement in the separate family Maritrematidae.[1] It was first described by Nikoll in 1907 from birds in Britain.[2] Species of the genus usually infect birds, but several have switched hosts and are found in mammals, such as the marsh rice rat.[3] Several species use the fiddler crab Uca pugilator as an intermediate host.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Microphallidae |
| Subfamily: | Maritrematinae |
| Genus: | Maritrema Nikoll, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| Maritrema gratiosum Nikoll, 1907
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Species include:
- Maritrema acadiae (Swales, 1933)[5]
- Maritrema arenaria Hadley and Castle, 1940[6]
- Maritrema bonaerensis Etchegoin and Martorelli, 1997[7]
- Maritrema carpathica Matskasi, 1984[8]
- Maritrema chiriacae Deblock, 1975[5]
- Maritrema feliui Gracenea, Montoliu and Deblock, 1993[9][8]
- Maritrema gratiosum Nikoll, 1907[10]
- Maritrema heardi (Kinsella and Deblock, 1994)[6]
- Maritrema humile Nikoll, 1907[10]
- Maritrema lepidum Nikoll, 1907[10]
- Maritrema majestova Ke, 1976[5]
- Maritrema neomi Tkoch, 1998[6]
- Maritrema oocysta Lebour, 1907[6]
- Maritrema paracadiae Ching, 1974[5]
- Maritrema prosthometra Deblock and Heard, 1969[6]
- Maritrema pulcherrima Travassos, 1928[5]
- Maritrema pyrenaica Deblock and Combes, 1965[8]
- Maritrema subdolum Jägerskiöld, 1909[6]
- Maritrema Poulini
- Maritrema novaezealandense
An undescribed species, "Maritrema sp. I", is known from clapper rails (Rallus crepitans) and marsh rice rats (Oryzomys palustris) in the eastern United States.[4] M. heardi was placed in a separate genus Floridatrema upon its description in 1994 on the basis of a morphological difference, but was reassigned to Maritrema in 2005, as molecular data indicated that Maritrema would be paraphyletic without the inclusion of the species.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Tkach et al., 2005, p. 10
- ^ Nikoll, 1907, pp. 265–266
- ^ Tkach et al., 2005, pp. 210–211
- ^ a b Kinsella, 1988, p. 277
- ^ a b c d e Etchegoin and Martorelli, 1997, p. 712
- ^ a b c d e f Tkach et al., 2005, table 1
- ^ Etchegoin and Martorelli, 1997, p. 710
- ^ a b c Tkach et al., 2005, p. 11
- ^ Gracenea, M.; Montoliu, I.; Deblock, S. (2016). "Contribution à l'étude des Microphallidae Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda). XLV. Description de Maritrema feliui n. sp., parasite de musaraignes (Mammifères) en Espagne". Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 68 (2): 76–81. doi:10.1051/parasite/199368276. ISSN 0003-4150. PMID 8215113.
- ^ a b c Nikoll, 1907, p. 266
Literature cited edit
- Etchegoin, J.A.; Martorelli, S.R. (1997). "Description of a new species of Maritrema (Digenea: Microphallidae) from Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon (Buenos Aires, Argentina) with notes on its life cycle". The Journal of Parasitology. 83 (4): 709–713. doi:10.2307/3284251. JSTOR 3284251. PMID 9267416.
- Kinsella, J.M. (1988). "Comparison of helminths of rice rats, Oryzomys palustris, from freshwater and saltwater marshes in Florida". Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 55 (2): 275–280.
- Kinsella, J.M; Deblock, S. (1994). "Contribution à l'étude des Microphallidae Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda). XLVI. - Description de Floridatrema heardi n. gen., n. sp., parasite d'Oryzomys palustris (Mammifère) des États-unis". Parasite. 1 (1): 45–50. doi:10.1051/parasite/1994011045. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 9235193.
- Nikoll, W. (1907). "Observations on the trematode parasites of British birds". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (20): 245–271. doi:10.1080/00222930709487332.
- Tkach, V.V.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Olson, P.D.; Kinsella, J.M.; Swiderski, Z. (2003). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Microphalloidea Ward, 1901 (Trematoda: Digenea)". Systematic Parasitology. 56 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1023/a:1025546001611. PMID 12975618. S2CID 4801094.