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Transversotrema atkinsoni

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Species of fluke

Transversotrema atkinsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Transversotrematidae
Genus: Transversotrema
Species: T. atkinsoni
Binomial name
Transversotrema atkinsoni
Hunter & Cribb, 2012

Transversotrema atkinsoni is a species of parasitic flatworms found in nemipterids on Heron Island and Ningaloo Reef.

References

  1. Hunter, Janet A., and Thomas H. Cribb. "A cryptic complex of species related to Transversotrema licinum Manter, 1970 from fishes of the Indo-West Pacific, including descriptions of ten new species of Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 (Digenea: Transversotrematidae)." Zootaxa 3176 (2012): 1-44.

Further reading

  • Cribb, Thomas H., et al. "Biogeography of tropical Indo-West Pacific parasites: A cryptic species of Transversotrema and evidence for rarity of Transversotrematidae (Trematoda) in French Polynesia." Parasitology international 63.2 (2014): 285–294.
  • Bray, Rodney A., and Thomas H. Cribb. "Are cryptic species a problem for parasitological biological tagging for stock identification of aquatic organisms?."Parasitology 142.01 (2015): 125–133.
Taxon identifiers
Transversotrema atkinsoni


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