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Transversotrema lacerta

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

Transversotrema lacerta is a species of trematodes found in haemulids 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]

References

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  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

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  • Miller, T. L., R. A. Bray, and T. H. Cribb. "Taxonomic approaches to and interpretation of host specificity of trematodes of fishes: lessons from the Great Barrier Reef." Parasitology 138.13 (2011): 1710–1722.