''Transversotrema giganticum'' is a species of trematodes found in
scarids on
Heron Island and
Lizard Island
Lizard Island, also known as Jiigurru or Dyiigurra, is an island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia, northwest of Brisbane. It is part of the Lizard Island Group that also includes Palfrey Island, Queensland, Palfrey Island, and ...
. It is characterised by its number of
vitelline
Vitelline may refer to:
Embryology
* Vitelline arteries, arteries that bring blood to the yolk sac
* Vitelline circulation, the system of blood flowing between an embryo and its yolk sac
* Vitelline cyst, a developmental defect relating to the cl ...
follicles enclosed by its cyclocoel and by the size of its
testicle
A testicle or testis ( testes) is the gonad in all male bilaterians, including humans, and is Homology (biology), homologous to the ovary in females. Its primary functions are the production of sperm and the secretion of Androgen, androgens, p ...
.
[Hunter, J. A., et al. "A cryptic complex of Transversotrema species (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) on labroid, haemulid and lethrinid fishes in the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the description of three new species." Zootaxa 2652 (2010): 17-32.]
References
Further reading
*Bray, Rodney A., and Thomas H. Cribb. "Are cryptic species a problem for parasitological biological tagging for stock identification of aquatic organisms?." Parasitology 142.01 (2015): 125–133.
*Blasco-Costa, Isabel, et al. "Molecular approaches to trematode systematics:‘best practice’and implications for future study." Systematic parasitology 93.3 (2016): 295–306.
Plagiorchiida
Trematodes parasiting fish
Animals described in 2010
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