| Caudotestis ventichthysi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Subclass: | Digenea |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Suborder: | Opecoelata |
| Family: | Opecoelidae |
| Genus: | Caudotestis |
| Species: | C. ventichthysi |
| Binomial name | |
| Caudotestis ventichthysi Bray et al., 2014 | |
Caudotestis ventichthysi is a species of trematodes inhabiting hydrothermal vent fishes (particularly Ventichthys biospeedoi) in the south eastern Pacific Ocean. It can be distinguished from its family by its symmetrical testicular configuration; its uterus passing between the testes. Furthermore, what differentiates it from its cogenerates is caecal length; cirrus sac length; its internal seminal vesicle's shape; vitelline extent and arrangement, as well as forebody length and egg-size.
References
- Bray, R.A.; Waeschenbach, A.; Dyal, P.; Littlewood, D.T.; Morand, S. (2014). "New digeneans (Opecoelidae) from hydrothermal vent fishes in the south eastern Pacific Ocean, including one new genus and five new species". Zootaxa. 3768 (1): 73–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3768.1.5. PMID 24871167.
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