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Flagellotrema Ozaki 1936

Description

Key to species of Flagellotrema Ozaki, 1936

1 Oesophagus with only 1 complete clockwise loop; excretory papilla small, yet distinct .............................. .......................................................................................................................... F. convolutum Ozaki, 1936.

- Oesophagus with 2 complete clockwise loops; excretory papilla massive................................................2.

2 Oesophageal bulb half the length of ventral sucker; cirrus-sac small, less than 1/5 of total body length ....... ........................................................................................................................................ F. amphitrite n. sp.

- Oesophageal bulb approximately the same length as ventral sucker; cirrus-sac large, approximately 1/5 of total body length ............................................................................................................... F. reburrus n. sp.

Notes

Published as part of Hall, Kathryn A. & Cribb, Thomas H., 2008, Revision of Flagellotrema Ozaki, 1936 (Digenea, Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929), including the description of two species from acanthuroid fishes from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 1718 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181038

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ozaki
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Plagiorchiida
Family
Gyliauchenidae
Genus
Flagellotrema
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Flagellotrema Ozaki, 1936 sec. Hall & Cribb, 2008

References

  • Ozaki, Y. (1936) Flagellotrema convolutum, n. g., n. sp., a new trematode of the family Gyliauchenidae. Zoological Magazine (Japan), 48, 951 - 953.