Kritsky Explained

Kritsky is a genus of digeneans in the family Aporocotylidae or blood flukes.[1] The name of the genus honours the American parasitologist Delane C. Kritsky.

The genus includes the single species Kritsky platyrhynchi (Guidelli, Isaac & Pavanelli, 2002) Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016, which is a parasite of the body cavity of the porthole shovelnose catfish, Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Pimelodidae) in Peru.[2]

Notes and References

  1. WoRMS (2018). Kritsky Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871002 on 2018-09-23
  2. Orélis-Ribeiro. Raphael. Bullard. Stephen A.. Two new genera of fish blood flukes (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from catfishes in the Peruvian Amazon. Journal of Parasitology. 102. 3. 2016. 357–368. 0022-3395. 10.1645/15-905. 26859799. 23836382 .

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