Oculotrema hippopotami

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polystomatidea
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: Monogenea Subclassis: Polyopisthocotylea Ordo: Polystomatidea

Familia: Polystomatidae
Genus unassigned: Oculotrema
Species: Oculotrema hippopotami

Name

• Oculotrema hippopotami Stunkard, 1924: 22

Type locality: Egypt; eyes of Hippopotamus.

References

• Stunkard, H.W. 1924: A new trematode, Oculotrema hippopotami n.g., n.sp., from the eye of the hippopotamus. Parasitology, 16: 436–441.

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• Du Preez, L.H., & Moeng, I.A. 2004: Additional morphological information on Oculotrema hippopotami Stunkard, 1924 (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) parasitic on the African hippopotamus. African Zoology, 39: 225–233.
• Thurston, J.P. 1970: Haemoglobin in a monogenean, Oculotrema hippopotami. Nature, 228: 578–579.
• Tinsley, R.C., 2013: The oncomiracidium of Oculotrema hippopotami Stunkard, 1924 and relationships within the Polystomatidae (Monogenea). Systematic parasitology, 84 (2): 123–135. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-012-9392-5.