''Pacificreadium'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
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
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
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 consists of one species, ''Pacificreadium serrani''.
[Nagaty, H. F. & Abdel-Aal, T. M. (1962). Trematodes of fishes from the Red Sea, Part 19. On three new species of ''Podocotyle'' (Family Allocreadiidae). ''Journal of Parasitology'', 48(5), 746–747.][
]
References
Opecoelidae
Plagiorchiida genera
Monotypic platyhelminthes genera
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