''Lecithocladium'' is a

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which belongs to the

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Platyhelminthes The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek language, Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a Phylum (biology), phylum of relati ...

and

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Trematoda Trematoda is a Class (biology), class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate parasite, obligate internal Parasitism, parasites with a complex biological life cycle, life cycle requiring at least two Host_(biology), hosts. The intermedia ...

. The type species of this genus is ''Lecithocladium excisum''. The main host for the adult of ''L. excisum'' in the North Sea is ''Scomber scombrus''; but it also occurs in ''S. japonicus'' and there are also records in the literature from a wide range of other fishes such as Carangidae. Gibson, D. H, and Bray, R. A. (1986). The Hemiuridae (Digenea) of fishes from the northeast Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 51, pp. 1–12
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