''Cryptocotyle'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
trematode
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive host ...
s from the family
Heterophyidae
Heterophyidae is a family of intestinal trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Description: " Tegument covered by spines. Oral sucker not armed or armed by cyrcumoral spines. Pharynx presented. Genital synus presented. Ventral and genital suc ...
. The
definitive hosts of the parasites are fish-eating
birds
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
and
mammals.
Species
* ''
Cryptocotyle americana'' Ciurea, 1924
* ''
Cryptocotyle badamshini'' (Kurochkin, 1959)
* ''
Cryptocotyle concava'' (Creplin, 1825)
* ''
Cryptocotyle cryptocotyloides'' (Issaitschikow, 1923)
* ''
Cryptocotyle delamurei'' (Jurachno, 1987)
* ''
Cryptocotyle jejuna'' (Nicoll, 1907)
* ''
Cryptocotyle lingua'' (Creplin, 1825)
* ''
Cryptocotyle macrorhinis'' (MacCallum, 1916)
Sources
*
Digenea genera
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