Cercaria elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Digenea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Platyhelminthes Subphylum: Rhabditophora Superclassis: Neodermata Classis: Trematoda Subclassis: Digenea

Digenea Incertae sedis
Genus : Cercaria
Species: Cercaria elegans

Note: The cercarial form of a species of trematodes.

Taxonomy for Cercaria, a larval group name used (even currently) for taxa described at the cercarial stage of development when the real generic name is not known - the species combined with Cercaria (used as a genus) are recognised when in a legal format.

Name

Cercaria elegans Tang, 1992 nec Mueller in La Valette, 1855

Homonyms

Cercaria elegans may also refer to larval forms of such species as:

• Bucephalus elegans Woodhead, 1930. Woodhead, 1936
• Plagiorchis elegans,
• Transversotrema elegans
• Cercaria elegans Mueller in La Valette, 1855, found in "sea near marseille" (mari prope Massiliam)

Distribution

Asia

• Hong Kong

Type hosts: bivalves

References

Primary references

• Tang C.T., 1992. Some larval trematodes from marine bivalves of Hong Kong and freshwater bivalves of coastal China. In Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. vol. 1, pages 18-28.

Additional references

• Adolphus lib. baro de la Valette St. George, 1855. Symbolae ad trematodum evolutionis historiam : dissertatio inauguralis ..., page 38 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
• Arthur E. Woodhead, 1936. A Study of the Gasterostome Cercariae of the Huron River. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Oct., 1936), pages. 465-476, DOI: 10.2307/3222530.

Links

• Cercaria elegans in the World Register of Marine Species