Cryptocotyle
Sign in to saveCryptocotyle is a genus of trematodes from the family Heterophyidae. The definitive hosts of the parasites are fish-eating birds and mammals. The metacercariae are visible in the skin of infected fish as "black spots".
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassTrematoda
- OrderPlagiorchiida
- FamilyOpisthorchiidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 50
- Family
- Opisthorchiidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM, NHMUK, GNM, MSB
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Russia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Cryptocotyle 1.jpg
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- Category:Cryptocotyle
- taxon name
- Cryptocotyle
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- genus
- Commons category
- Cryptocotyle
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