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Parastrigea

Parastrigea is a genus of trematodes in the family Strigeidae.

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Parastrigea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Diplostomida
Family: Strigeidae
Genus: Parastrigea
Szidat, 19281

Parastrigea is a genus of trematodes in the family Strigeidae.

Species

  • Parastrigea brasiliana (Ukoli, 1967)2
  • Parastrigea buffoni Drago, Núñez & Lunaschi, 20183
  • Parastrigea cincta Brandes, 18884
  • Parastrigea diovadena Dubois & Macko, 19725
  • Parastrigea plataleae Hernández-Mena, García-Prieto & García-Varela, 20146
References

References

  1. Szidat, L. (1928). Zur Revision der Trematodengattung Strigea Abildgaard. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten, Abteilung Originale, 105, 204–215.
  2. Ukoli, F. M. A. (1967). On the anatomy, growth and development in the definitive host of Nephrostomum legonum n. sp. (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae). Nigerian Journal of Science, 1, 217–231.
  3. Drago, F., Núñez, V. & Lunaschi, L. (2018). Strigeid parasites of Circus buffoni from Argentina, with the description of a new species of Parastrigea Szidat, 1928. Parasitology Research, 117(3), 751–758.
  4. Brandes, G. (1888). Die Familie der Holostomeae. Ein Prodromus zu einer Monographie derselben. Leipzig: Universitat Leipzig.
  5. Dubois, G. & Macko, J. (1972). Contribution a l'étude de Strigeata La Rue, 1926 (Trematoda: Strigeida) de Cuba. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee, 47(1), 5175.
  6. Hernández-Mena, D., García-Prieto, L. & García-Varela, M. (2014). Morphological and molecular differentiation of Parastrigea (Trematoda: Strigeidae) from Mexico, with the description of a new species. Parasitology International, 63(2), 315–323.