Acanthatrium hitaensis

Acanthatrium hitaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Subclass: Digenea
Order: Plagiorchiida
Superfamily: Hemiuroidea
Family: Lecithodendriidae
Genus: Acanthatrium
Species: A. hitaensis
Binomial name
Acanthatrium hitaensis
Koga, 1953
Synonyms

Acanthatrium hitaense

Acanthatrium hitaensis is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Lecithodendriidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan[1] and Thailand.[2]

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Acanthatrium hitaensis include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina[1] and Tarebia granifera.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Besprozvannykh V. V., Ngo H., Ha N., Hung N., Rozhkovan K. & Ermolenko A. (2013). "Descriptions of digenean parasites from three snail species, Bithynia fuchsiana (Morelet), Parafossarulus striatulus Benson and Melanoides tuberculata Müller, in North Vietnam". Helminthologia 50(3): 190–204. doi:10.2478/s11687-013-0131-5
  2. 1 2 Dechruksa W., Krailas D., Ukong S., Inkapatanakul W. & Koonchornboon T. (2007). "Trematode infections of the freshwater snail family Thiaridae in the Khek River, Thailand". The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 38(6): 1016-1028. PDF Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine..
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