''Lecithocladium'' is a

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which belongs to the

phylum In biology, a phylum (; : phyla) is a level of classification, or taxonomic rank, that is below Kingdom (biology), kingdom and above Class (biology), class. Traditionally, in botany the term division (taxonomy), division has been used instead ...

Platyhelminthes Platyhelminthes (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") is a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates commonly called f ...

and

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Trematoda 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 mol ...

. The type species of this genus is ''Lecithocladium excisum''. The main host for the adult of ''L. excisum'' in the North Sea is ''Scomber scombrus''; but it also occurs in ''S. japonicus'' and there are also records in the literature from a wide range of other fishes such as Carangidae. Gibson, D. H, and Bray, R. A. (1986). The Hemiuridae (Digenea) of fishes from the northeast Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 51, pp. 1–12
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