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Cryptocotyle

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Opisthorchioidea

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Order
  
Opisthorchiida

Suborder
  
Opisthorchiata

Family
  
Heterophyidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Digenea

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Similar
  
Digenea, Heterophyidae, Heterophyes, Echinochasmus schwartzi, Microphallus

Cryptocotyle is a genus of trematodes from the family Heterophyidae. The definitive hosts of the parasites are fish-eating birds and mammals.

Species

  • Cryptocotyle americana Ciurea, 1924
  • Cryptocotyle badamshini (Kurochkin, 1959)
  • Cryptocotyle concava (Creplin, 1825)
  • Cryptocotyle cryptocotyloides (Issaitschikow, 1923)
  • Cryptocotyle delamurei (Jurachno, 1987)
  • Cryptocotyle jejuna (Nicoll, 1907)
  • Cryptocotyle lingua (Creplin, 1825)
  • Cryptocotyle macrorhinis (MacCallum, 1916)
  • References

    Cryptocotyle Wikipedia