Eumegacetidae Travassos, 1922

Pinto, Hudson Alves & Melo, Alan Lane De, 2011, A checklist of trematodes (Platyhelminthes) transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae), Zootaxa 2799, pp. 15-28 : 17

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6183040
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scientific name	Eumegacetidae Travassos, 1922
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Eumegacetes artamii Mehra, 1935

Xiphidiocercaria; birds; India ( Kumari & Madhavi 1994; Madhavi et al. 1997).

Eumegacetes spinosus Fahmy, Khalifa & Abdel-Rahman, 1981 Xiphidiocercaria ; birds; Egypt ( Sakla & Khalifa 1983).

Orthetrotrema monostomum Macy & Basch, 1972

Xiphidiocercaria; birds; India (Madhavi & Swamakumari 1995; Madhavi et al. 1997).

References

Kumari, V. G. M. S. & Madhavi, R. (1994) The life cycle of Eumegacetes artamii Mehra, 1935 (Trematoda, Eumegacetidae). Acta Parasitologica, 39, 9 - 12.

Sakla, A. A. & Khalifa, R. (1983) Studies on cercariae from Melania tuberculata snail in Assiut Governorate. 1. On a cercaria belonging to Eumegacetes sp. Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 10, 69 - 73.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Platyhelminthes
Class	Trematoda
SubClass	Digenea
Order	Plagiorchiida
Family	Eumegacetidae
Genus	Eumegacetes

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