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Platynosomum capranum

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Species of fluke

Platynosomum capranum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Digenea
Family: Dicrocoeliidae
Genus: Platynosomum
Species: P. capranum
Binomial name
Platynosomum capranum
(Ku, 1957)

Platynosomum capranum is a species of trematodes found mainly in Kunming, Mainland China. It is the 4th species of Platynosomum found to be parasitic of mammals and the first species in this genus recorded from China.

References

  1. 中国科学院动物研究所. "A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS PLATYNOSOMUM LOOSS,1907,FROM THE LIVER OF A SHEEP". 《中国动物物种编目数据库》. LMCAS(中国科学院微生物研究所). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
Taxon identifiers
Platynosomum capranum
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