Brachylaima cribbi
Brachylaima cribbi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Order: | Diplostomida |
Family: | Brachylaimidae |
Genus: | Brachylaima |
Species: | B. cribbi |
Binomial name | |
Brachylaima cribbi A.R. Butcher, 2003[1] |
Brachylaima cribbi is a species of terrestrial trematode parasites in the family Brachylaimidae.
Overview
[edit]Intermediate hosts for Brachylaima cribbi are terrestrial gastropods, such as Cochlicella acuta, Cernuella virgata and Theba pisana.[2]
Named after Thomas Cribb, a helminthologist at the University of Queensland.
References
[edit]- ^ Butcher, A.R. & Grove, D.I. (2001). Description of the life-cycle stages of Brachylaima cribbi n. sp. (Digenea: Brachylaimidae) derived from eggs recovered from human faeces in Australia. Systematic Parasitology 49: 211-221. http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/37914/5/04chapter03.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ Butcher A. R. & Grove D. I.: Seasonal variation in rates of sporocyst and metacercarial infection by Brachylaima cribbi in helicid and hygromiid land snails on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. - Australian Journal of Zoology, 2006, 53(6): 375–382.
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