''Cephalouterina decamptodoni'' is a species of
trematodes within the family
Lecithodendriidae
Lecithodendriidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Acanthatrium'' Faust, 1919
* '' Brandesia'' Stossich, 1899
* ''Brenesia
''Acianthera'' is a genus of orchids native to the tropical part ...
under the order
Plagiorchiida. This species is sometimes known to use
amphibian
Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...
hosts.
''C. decamptodoni'' has been isolated within the amphibian host
rough-skinned newt in
British Columbia.
See also
*
Flatworm
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegment ...
*
Parasite
References
Plagiorchiida
Parasites of amphibians
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