Acanthatrium hitaensis

Acanthatrium hitaensis is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Lecithodendriidae.[1]

Acanthatrium hitaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
Subclass:
Digenea
Order:
Plagiorchiida
Superfamily:
Hemiuroidea
Family:
Lecithodendriidae
Genus:
Acanthatrium
Species:
A. hitaensis
Binomial name
Acanthatrium hitaensis
Koga, 1953
Synonyms

Acanthatrium hitaense

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan[1] and Thailand.[2]

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Acanthatrium hitaensis include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina[1] and Tarebia granifera.[2]

References
  1. Besprozvannykh V. V., Ngo H., Ha N., Hung N., Rozhkovan K. & Ermolenko A. (2013). "Descriptions of digenean parasites from three snail species, Bithynia fuchsiana (Morelet), Parafossarulus striatulus Benson and Melanoides tuberculata Müller, in North Vietnam". Helminthologia 50(3): 190–204. doi:10.2478/s11687-013-0131-5
  2. Dechruksa W., Krailas D., Ukong S., Inkapatanakul W. & Koonchornboon T. (2007). "Trematode infections of the freshwater snail family Thiaridae in the Khek River, Thailand". The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 38(6): 1016-1028. PDF Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
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