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''Creptotrema'' is a genus of Trematoda belonging to the family Allocreadiidae.Travassos L, Artigas P, Pereira C. 1928. Fauna helminthologica dos peixes de agua doce do Brasil. Archivos do Instituto Biológico de Defesa Agricola e Animal, 1, 5–68. The genus was first described by Travassos, Artigas & Pereira in 1928. Its type-species is ''Creptotrema creptotrema'' Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928. According to a molecular and morphological study by Franceschini et al. (2021), ''Creptotrema'' is a monophyletic genus of trematodes widely distributed across the Americas, which currently comprises 19 valid species of parasites of teleost fish and anurans.


Gallery of images of various ''Creptotrema'' species

Parasite210036-fig2 - Creptotrema (Digenea, Allocreadiidae).png, ''Creptotrema creptotrema'', line drawing Parasite210036-fig3 - Creptotrema (Digenea, Allocreadiidae).png, ''Creptotrema creptotrema'', photograph Parasite210036-fig4 - Creptotrema conconae (Digenea, Allocreadiidae).png, ''Creptotrema conconae'', line drawing Parasite210036-fig5 - Creptotrema schubarti (Digenea, Allocreadiidae).png, ''Creptotrema schubarti'', line drawing Parasite210036-fig6 - Creptotrema megacetabularis (Digenea, Allocreadiidae).png, ''Creptotrema megacetabularis'', line drawing


References

Trematoda Trematode genera {{trematode-stub