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Choanocotyle

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Genus of flukes

Choanocotyle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Subclass: Digenea
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Choanocotylidae
Genus: Choanocotyle
Jue Sue, 1998
Species

Choanocotyle is a genus of flatworms in the family Choanocotylidae. Species infect freshwater turtles.

References

  1. ^ Description and life-cycle of two new species of Choanocotyle n. g. (Trematoda: Plagiorchiida), parasites of Australian freshwater turtles, and the erection of the family Choanocotylidae. Lindsay Jue Sue, Systematic Parasitology, September 1998, Volume 41, Issue 1, pages 47โ€“61, doi:10.1023/A:1006074125118
  2. ^ Two new species of Choanocotyle Jue Sue and Platt, 1998 (Digenea: Choanocotylidae) from an Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Platt TR and Tkach VV, J Parasitol. 2003 Feb;89(1), pages 145-150, PMID 12659318, doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089

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Taxon identifiers
Choanocotyle


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