Transversotrema giganticum

Transversotrema giganticum is a species of trematodes found in scarids 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.[1]

Transversotrema giganticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Transversotrematidae
Genus: Transversotrema
Species:
T. giganticum
Binomial name
Transversotrema giganticum
Hunter at al., 2010

References edit

  1. ^ 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.

Further reading edit

  • Bray, Rodney A., and Thomas H. Cribb. "Are cryptic species a problem for parasitological biological tagging for stock identification of aquatic organisms?." Parasitology 142.01 (2015): 125–133.
  • Blasco-Costa, Isabel, et al. "Molecular approaches to trematode systematics:‘best practice’and implications for future study." Systematic parasitology 93.3 (2016): 295–306.