Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Opisthorchiata > Superfamily Opisthorchioidea > Family Heterophyidae

Acanthotrema Travassos, 1928

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthotrema armata LafuenteRoca & Carbonell, 2000

Literature

original description

Travassos, L. (1928). Nouveau trématode parasite de Laridae. Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie, Paris. 99 (26): 884–885.

basis of record

Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136-142

taxonomy source

Lafuente, M.; Roca, V.; Carbonell, E. (2000). Description of Acanthotrema armata n. sp. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from Larus audouinii (Aves: Laridae), with an amended diagnosis of the genus Acanthotrema Travassos, 1928. Systematic Parasitology. 45(2): 131-134.

identification resource

Pearson, J. (2008). Family Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Wallingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 113–141.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Acanthotrema Travassos, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108602

Dr. David Gibson. Acanthotrema Travassos, 1928. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4a463fca-1cc3-4d73-900f-a1b0d0ce812c

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2019-08-26 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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