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Stegodexamene

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Stegodexamene callista adult
Drawing of adult trematode Stegodexamene callista (holotype) found in the gut of the long-finned freshwater eel Anguilla reinhardtii caught in creek in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia cerca 1983.

Stegodexamene
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Stegodexamene

MacFarlane, 1951[1]

Stegodexamene is a genus of trematodes in the family Aephnidiogenidae.

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References

  1. ^ a b MacFarlane, W. V. (1951). The life cycle of Stegodexamene anguillae n. g., n. sp., an allocreadiid trematode from New Zealand. Parasitology, 41(1), 1–10.
  2. ^ Watson, R. A. (1984). The life cycle and morphology of Tetracerasta blepta, gen. et sp. nov., and Stegodexamene callista, sp. nov. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae) from the long-finned eel, Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner. Australian Journal of Zoology, 32(1), 177–204.
  3. ^ Cribb, T. H. (1988). Two new digenetic trematodes from Australian fishes with notes on previously described species. Journal of Natural History, 1, 27–43.