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Coitocaecum tropicum Manter, 1940

platelminto, flatworm

endoparasite

found in intestine of Halichoeres dispilus (Chameleon wrasse), Bathygobius soporator, Opistognathus scops, and a blenny

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Platyhelminthes

Class
Trematoda

Order
Plagiorchiida

Suborder
Xiphidiata

Superfamily
Allocreadioidea

Family
Opecoelidae

Genus
Coitocaecum

Species
tropicum

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

References

Manter, H.W. (1940) Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2(14): 329-497.
WoRMS Editorial Board (2013) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available from http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ

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