Choanocotyle

Choanocotyle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Subclass:	Digenea
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Choanocotylidae
Genus:	Choanocotyle; Jue Sue, 1998[1]
Species
	Choanocotyle elegans[1]; Choanocotyle hobbsi[2]; Choanocotyle juesuei[2]; Choanocotyle nematoides[1]; Choanocotyle platti;

Choanocotyle is a genus of flatworms in the family Choanocotylidae. Species infect freshwater turtles.

References

Description and life-cycle of two new species of Choanocotyle n. g. (Trematoda: Plagiorchiida), parasites of Australian freshwater turtles, and the erection of the family Choanocotylidae. Lindsay Jue Sue, Systematic Parasitology, September 1998, Volume 41, Issue 1, pages 47–61, doi:10.1023/A:1006074125118
Two new species of Choanocotyle Jue Sue and Platt, 1998 (Digenea: Choanocotylidae) from an Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Platt TR and Tkach VV, J Parasitol. 2003 Feb;89(1), pages 145-150, PMID 12659318, doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0145:TNSOCJ]2.0.CO;2

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