Discoverytrema
Discoverytrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. K. Zdzitowiecki described both species of Discoverytrema as being endoparasitic in the Antarctic gadiform fish Muraenolepis microps Lönnberg, 1905,[2] which are found to the south of the British South Georgia Island.[3]
| Discoverytrema | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Opecoelidae |
| Subfamily: | Opecoelinae |
| Genus: | Discoverytrema Gibson, 1976[1] |
References
- Gibson, D. I. (1976). Monogenea and Digenea from fishes. Discovery Reports, 36, 179–266.
- Lönnberg, A. J. E. (1905). The fishes of the Swedish South Polar Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903, 5(6), 1–72.
- Zdzitowiecki, K. (1990). A redescription of Discoverytrema markowskii Gibson, 1976 and description of D. gibsoni n. sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae). Systematic Parasitology, 16(3), 163–167.
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