Acanthatrium hitaensis explained

Acanthatrium hitaensis is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Lecithodendriidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan and Thailand.

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Acanthatrium hitaensis include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina^[1] and Tarebia granifera.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Besprozvannykh V. V., Ngo H., Ha N., Hung N., Rozhkovan K. & Ermolenko A. (2013). "Descriptions of digenean parasites from three snail species, Bithynia fuchsiana (Morelet), Parafossarulus striatulus Benson and Melanoides tuberculata Müller, in North Vietnam". Helminthologia 50(3): 190–204.
2. Dechruksa W., Krailas D., Ukong S., Inkapatanakul W. & Koonchornboon T. (2007). "Trematode infections of the freshwater snail family Thiaridae in the Khek River, Thailand". The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 38(6): 1016-1028. PDF .