Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905

Margarita Ostrowski de Núñez, Nathalia J. Arredondo & Alicia A. Gil de Pertierra, 2017, Adult Trematodes (Platyhelminthes) of freshwater fishes from Argentina: a checklist, Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (1), pp. 91-113 : 104

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.1040686

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6023269

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/705F87F4-FFF6-FFF7-969F-FC66FB9627AB

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scientific name

Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905
status

 

Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905 View in CoL

Material deposited: NRM (type material), MLP.

Host: Alosa agone (Scopoli) [= A. finta (Cuvier) ] and Clupea harengus Linnaeus ( Clupeiformes : Clupeidae ) (type host not assigned); Jenynsia multidentata .

Locality: Mediterranean and North Sea (type locality not assigned, Europe); Salado River relief canal, Samborombón Bay, Buenos Aires Province.

Site of infection: Intestine.

Reference: Montes (2013).

Remarks: Montes (2013) recorded the presence of this Mediterranean and North Sea species in South America. These specimens have to be carefully reviewed, they probably could belong to Lecithaster intermedius Szidat, 1954 (see below).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

Class

Trematoda

SubClass

Digenea

Order

Plagiorchiida

Family

Lecithasteridae

Genus

Lecithaster

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