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Holocentricola

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Holocentricola
Three species of Holocentricola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Diplostomida
Family: Aporocotylidae
Genus: Holocentricola
Cutmore & Cribb, 2021

Holocentricola is a genus of digeneans in the family Aporocotylidae or blood flukes, described in 2021. The name of the genus refers to the host fish, which are members of the family Holocentridae or squirrelfishes.[1]

The genus includes three species

References

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  1. ^ Cutmore, Scott C.; Cribb, Thomas H. (2021). "A new order of fishes as hosts of blood flukes (Aporocotylidae); description of a new genus and three new species infecting squirrelfishes (Holocentriformes, Holocentridae) on the Great Barrier Reef". Parasite. 28: 76. doi:10.1051/parasite/2021072. PMC 8577333. PMID 34751646. Open access icon