Xiha Explained

Xiha is a genus of trematodes in the family Haploporidae.

Species

• Xiha fastigata (Thatcher & Sparks, 1958) Andres, Curran, Fayton, Pulis & Overstreet, 2015^[1]
• Xiha fragilis (Fernández Bargiela, 1987) Andres, Curran, Fayton, Pulis & Overstreet, 2015^[2]

Further reading

• Blasco-Costa, I., Montero, F., Balbuena, J., Raga, J. & Kostadinova, A. (2009). A revision of the Haploporinae Nicoll, 1914 (Digenea: Haploporidae) from mullets (Mugilidae): Dicrogaster Looss, 1902 and Forticulcita Overstreet, 1982. Systematic Parasitology, 72(3), 187–206.

Notes and References

1. Thatcher, V. E. & Sparks, A. K. (1958). A new species of Dicrogaster (Trematoda, Haploporidae) from Mugil cephalus in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Parasitology, 44, 647–648.
2. Fernández Bargiela, J. (1987). Los parasitos de la lisa Mugil cephalus L., en Chile: Sistematica y aspectos poblacionales (Perciformes: Mugilidae). Gayana Zoología. Universidad de Concepcion Chile, 51, 3–58.