Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Subphylum: Rhabditophora
Superclassis: Neodermata
Classis: Trematoda
Subclassis: Digenea
Digenea Incertae sedis
Genus : Cercaria
Species: Cercaria elegans

the cercarial form of a species of trematodes parasite of marine bivalves in Hong Kong.

Note:Taxonomy for Cercaria, a larval group name used (even currently) for taxa described at the cercarial stage of development when the real generic name is not known - the species combined with Cercaria (used as a genus) are recognised when in a legal format.

Name

Cercaria elegans Tang, 1992 nec Mueller in La Valette, 1855

Homonyms

Cercaria elegans may also refer to larval forms of such species as:

  • Bucephalus elegans[1],
  • Plagiorchis elegans,
  • Transversotrema elegans
  • Cercaria elegans Mueller in La Valette, 1855, found in "sea near marseille" (mari prope Massiliam)

References

  • Tang C.T., 1992. Some larval trematodes from marine bivalves of Hong Kong and freshwater bivalves of coastal China. In Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. vol. 1, pages 18-28.

Additional references

  1. ↑ Arthur E. Woodhead, 1936. A Study of the Gasterostome Cercariae of the Huron River. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Oct., 1936), pages. 465-476, DOI: 10.2307/3222530 .
  • Adolphus lib. baro de la Valette St. George, 1855. Symbolae ad trematodum evolutionis historiam : dissertatio inauguralis ..., page 38 (biodiversitylibrary.org).
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