Acanthotrema (flatworm) explained

Acanthotrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Heterophyidae.

Species

• Acanthotrema armatum Lafuente, Roca & Carbonell, 2000^[1]
• Acanthotrema cursitans (Holliman, 1961) [emend. Kinsella & Heard, 1973] Sohn, Han & Chai, 2003^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Acanthotrema felis Sohn, Han & Chai, 2003^[4]
• Acanthotrema hancocki (Martin, 1950) Lafuente, Roca & Carbonell, 2000^{[5] [1]}
• Acanthotrema martini (Sogandares-Bernal, 1959) Lafuente, Roca & Carbonell, 2000^{[6] [1]}
• Acanthotrema tanayense (Velasquez, 1973) Sohn, Han & Chai, 2003^{[7] [4]}
• Acanthotrema tridactyla (Martin & Kuntz, 1955) Sohn, Han & Chai, 2003^{[8] [4]}

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Holliman, R. B. (1961). Larval trematodes from the Apalachee Bay area, Florida, with a check list of known marine cercariae arranged in a key to their superfamilies. Tulane Studies in Zoology, 9, 1–74.
3. Kinsella, J. M. & Heard, R. W. III (1974). Morphology and life cycle of Stictodora cursitans n. comb. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from mammals in Florida salt marshes. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 93(3), 408–412.
4. Sohn, W., Han, E. & Chai, J. (2002). Acanthotrema felis n. sp. (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from the small intestine of stray cats in the Republic of Korea. The Journal of Parasitology, 89(1), 154–158.
5. Martin, W. E. (1950). Parastictodora hancocki n. gen., n. sp. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae), with observations on its life cycle. Journal of Parasitology, 36, 360–370.
6. Sogandares-Bernal, F. & Walton, D. (1965). Stictodora laciformicola n. sp. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from Floridian piscivorous birds. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 32, 115–117.
7. Velazquez, C. C. (1973). Observations on some Heterophyidae (Trematoda: Digenea) encysted in Philippine fishes. The Journal of Parasitology, 59, 77–84.
8. Martin, W. E. & Kuntz, R. E. (1955). Some Egyptian heterophyid trematodes. The Journal of Parasitology, 41, 374–382.