Caudotestis ventichthysi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
Subclass:
Digenea
Order:
Plagiorchiida
Suborder:
Opecoelata
Family:
Opecoelidae
Genus:
Caudotestis
Species:
C. ventichthysi
Binomial name
Caudotestis ventichthysi
Bray et al., 2014

Caudotestis ventichthysi is a species of trematodes inhabiting hydrothermal vent fishes (particularly Ventichthys biospeedoi) in the south eastern Pacific Ocean. It can be distinguished from its family by its symmetrical testicular configuration; its uterus passing between the testes. Furthermore, what differentiates it from its cogenerates is caecal length; cirrus sac length; its internal seminal vesicle's shape; vitelline extent and arrangement, as well as forebody length and egg-size.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Bray, R.A.; Waeschenbach, A.; Dyal, P.; Littlewood, D.T.; Morand, S. (2014). "New digeneans (Opecoelidae) from hydrothermal vent fishes in the south eastern Pacific Ocean, including one new genus and five new species". Zootaxa. 3768 (1): 73–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3768.1.5. PMID 24871167.


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