''Choanotrema'' is a

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trematodes Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as trematodes, and commonly as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is a moll ...

in the

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Opecoelidae Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes.Bray, Rodney A., Cribb, Thomas H., Littlewood, D. Timothy J. & Waesch ...

. It was formerly named ''Choanostoma'' Yamaguti, 1934.

Species

*'' Choanotrema plectorhynchi'' (Yamaguti, 1934)Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes. I. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 5, 249–541. *'' Choanotrema secundum'' (Durio & Manter, 1968)Durio, W. O. & Manter, H. W. (1968). Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part II. Opecoelidae and Lepocreadiidae. ''The Journal of Parasitology'', 54(4), 747.

References

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