Transversotrema giganticum explained

Transversotrema giganticum is a species of trematodes found in scarids on Heron Island and Lizard Island. It is characterised by its number of vitelline follicles enclosed by its cyclocoel and by the size of its testicle.^[1]

Further reading

• Bray, Rodney A., and Thomas H. Cribb. "Are cryptic species a problem for parasitological biological tagging for stock identification of aquatic organisms?." Parasitology 142.01 (2015): 125–133.
• Blasco-Costa, Isabel, et al. "Molecular approaches to trematode systematics:‘best practice’and implications for future study." Systematic parasitology 93.3 (2016): 295–306.

Notes and References

1. Hunter, J. A., et al. "A cryptic complex of Transversotrema species (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) on labroid, haemulid and lethrinid fishes in the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the description of three new species." Zootaxa 2652 (2010): 17-32.