Acanthatrium hitaensis
Acanthatrium hitaensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Subclass: | Digenea |
Order: | Plagiorchiida |
Superfamily: | Hemiuroidea |
Family: | Lecithodendriidae |
Genus: | Acanthatrium |
Species: | A. hitaensis |
Binomial name | |
Acanthatrium hitaensis Koga, 1953 | |
Synonyms | |
Acanthatrium hitaense |
Acanthatrium hitaensis is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Lecithodendriidae.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan[1] and Thailand.[2]
Life cycle
The first intermediate hosts of Acanthatrium hitaensis include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina[1] and Tarebia granifera.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Besprozvannykh V. V., Ngo H., Ha N., Hung N., Rozhkovan K. & Ermolenko A. (2013). "Descriptions of digenean parasites from three snail species, Bithynia fuchsiana (Morelet), Parafossarulus striatulus Benson and Melanoides tuberculata Müller, in North Vietnam". Helminthologia 50(3): 190–204. doi:10.2478/s11687-013-0131-5
- 1 2 Dechruksa W., Krailas D., Ukong S., Inkapatanakul W. & Koonchornboon T. (2007). "Trematode infections of the freshwater snail family Thiaridae in the Khek River, Thailand". The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 38(6): 1016-1028. PDF Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine..
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