Transversotrema elegans is a species of trematodes found from species of the labrid genus Choerodon on Heron Island and Lizard Island. It is characterised by its number of vitelline follicles enclosed by its cyclocoel and by the size of its testicle.[2][3]
| Transversotrema elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Transversotrematidae |
| Genus: | Transversotrema |
| Species: | T. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Transversotrema elegans Hunter at al., 2010[1]
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References
edit- ^ A cryptic complex of Transversotrema species (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) on labroid, haemulid and lethrinid fishes in the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the description of three new species. Hunter J.A., Ingram E., Adlard R.D., Bray, R.A. and Cribb T.H., Zootaxa, 2010, volume 2652 , pages 17-32
- ^ Hunter, J. A., et al. "A cryptic complex of Transversotrema species (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) on labroid, haemulid and lethrinid fishes in the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the description of three new species." Zootaxa 2652 (2010): 17-32.
- ^ Biogeography of tropical Indo-West Pacific parasites: A cryptic species of Transversotrema and evidence for rarity of Transversotrematidae (Trematoda) in French Polynesia. Thomas H. Cribb, Robert D. Adlard, Rodney A. Bray, Pierre Sasal, Scott C.Cutmore, Parasitology International, Volume 63, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages 285-294, doi:10.1016/j.parint.2013.11.009
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