Discoverytrema

Discoverytrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. K. Zdzitowiecki described both species of Discoverytrema as being endoparasitic in the Antarctic gadiform fish Muraenolepis microps Lönnberg, 1905,[2] which are found to the south of the British South Georgia Island.[3]

Discoverytrema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Rhabditophora
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Opecoelidae
Subfamily: Opecoelinae
Genus: Discoverytrema
Gibson, 1976[1]

Species

  • Discoverytrema gibsoni Zdzitowiecki, 1990[3]
  • Discoverytrema markowskii Gibson, 1976[1]
gollark: A bad browser.
gollark: I can probably breed some too.
gollark: No, the "PB 2G Carina" is probably a have, except that it is in fact not 2G or PB.
gollark: All hail our xenowyrm overlords, as I like to say.
gollark: There is so much wrong with this:`Wants: Free to good home. PB 2G Carina. (Zyus -not black- preferred) Just love it & name it :)`

References

  1. Gibson, D. I. (1976). Monogenea and Digenea from fishes. Discovery Reports, 36, 179–266.
  2. Lönnberg, A. J. E. (1905). The fishes of the Swedish South Polar Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903, 5(6), 1–72.
  3. Zdzitowiecki, K. (1990). A redescription of Discoverytrema markowskii Gibson, 1976 and description of D. gibsoni n. sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae). Systematic Parasitology, 16(3), 163–167.
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