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Cryptocotyle

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Cryptocotyle 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

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. ClassTrematoda
  4. OrderPlagiorchiida
  5. FamilyOpisthorchiidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
50
Family
Opisthorchiidae
Collections
YPM, USNM, NHMUK, GNM, MSB
Recorded in
United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Russia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Cryptocotyle 1.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Cryptocotyle
taxon name
Cryptocotyle
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Cryptocotyle
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