Stegodexamene

Stegodexamene is a genus of trematodes in the family Aephnidiogenidae.

Stegodexamene callista adult
Drawing of adult trematode Stegodexamene callista (holotype) found in the gut of the long-finned freshwater eel Anguilla reinhardtii caught in creek in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia cerca 1983.

Stegodexamene
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Stegodexamene

MacFarlane, 1951[1]

Species

  • Stegodexamene anguillae MacFarlane, 1951[1]
  • Stegodexamene callista Watson, 1984[2]
  • Stegodexamene watsoni Cribb, 1988[3]

References

  1. MacFarlane, W. V. (1951). The life cycle of Stegodexamene anguillae n. g., n. sp., an allocreadiid trematode from New Zealand. Parasitology, 41(1), 1โ€“10.
  2. Watson, R. A. (1984). The life cycle and morphology of Tetracerasta blepta, gen. et sp. nov., and Stegodexamene callista, sp. nov. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae) from the long-finned eel, Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner. Australian Journal of Zoology, 32(1), 177โ€“204.
  3. Cribb, T. H. (1988). Two new digenetic trematodes from Australian fishes with notes on previously described species. Journal of Natural History, 1, 27โ€“43.


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