''Cryptocotyle'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
trematode
Trematoda is a Class (biology), class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate parasite, obligate internal Parasitism, parasites with a complex biological life cycle, life cycle requiring at least two Host_(biology), hosts. The intermedia ...
s from the family
Heterophyidae
Heterophyidae is a family of intestinal trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Description: "Tegument covered by spines. Oral sucker not armed or armed by cyrcumoral spines. Pharynx presented. Genital synus presented. Ventral and genital suck ...
. The
definitive host
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s of the parasites are fish-eating
birds
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
and
mammals
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fu ...
.
Species
* ''
Cryptocotyle americana'' Ciurea, 1924
* ''
Cryptocotyle badamshini
''Cryptocotyle'' is a genus of trematodes from the family Heterophyidae. The definitive hosts of the parasites are fish-eating birds and mammals.
Species
* '' Cryptocotyle americana'' Ciurea, 1924
* '' Cryptocotyle badamshini'' (Kurochkin, 1959)
...
'' (Kurochkin, 1959)
* ''
Cryptocotyle concava
''Cryptocotyle'' is a genus of trematodes from the family Heterophyidae. The definitive hosts of the parasites are fish-eating birds and mammals.
Species
* '' Cryptocotyle americana'' Ciurea, 1924
* '' Cryptocotyle badamshini'' (Kurochkin, 1959)
...
'' (Creplin, 1825)
* ''
Cryptocotyle cryptocotyloides'' (Issaitschikow, 1923)
* ''
Cryptocotyle delamurei'' (Jurachno, 1987)
* ''
Cryptocotyle jejuna
''Cryptocotyle'' is a genus of trematodes from the family Heterophyidae. The definitive hosts of the parasites are fish-eating birds and mammals
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), character ...
'' (Nicoll, 1907)
* ''
Cryptocotyle lingua
''Cryptocotyle'' is a genus of trematodes from the family Heterophyidae. The definitive hosts of the parasites are fish-eating birds and mammals
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), character ...
'' (Creplin, 1825)
* ''
Cryptocotyle macrorhinis
''Cryptocotyle'' is a genus of trematodes from the family Heterophyidae. The definitive hosts of the parasites are fish-eating birds and mammals.
Species
* '' Cryptocotyle americana'' Ciurea, 1924
* ''Cryptocotyle badamshini'' (Kurochkin, 1959)
* ...
'' (MacCallum, 1916)
Sources
*
Digenea genera
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