Stegodexamene

Stegodexamene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Aephnidiogenidae
Genus:	Stegodexamene; MacFarlane, 1951[1]

Stegodexamene is a genus of trematodes in the family Aephnidiogenidae.

Drawing of adult trematode Stegodexamene callista (holotype) found in the gut of the long-finned freshwater eel Anguilla reinhardtii caught in creek in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia cerca 1983.

Species

Stegodexamene anguillae MacFarlane, 1951[1]
Stegodexamene callista Watson, 1984[2]
Stegodexamene watsoni Cribb, 1988[3]

References

MacFarlane, W. V. (1951). The life cycle of Stegodexamene anguillae n. g., n. sp., an allocreadiid trematode from New Zealand. Parasitology, 41(1), 1–10.
Watson, R. A. (1984). The life cycle and morphology of Tetracerasta blepta, gen. et sp. nov., and Stegodexamene callista, sp. nov. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae) from the long-finned eel, Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner. Australian Journal of Zoology, 32(1), 177–204.
Cribb, T. H. (1988). Two new digenetic trematodes from Australian fishes with notes on previously described species. Journal of Natural History, 1, 27–43.

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[I-1] MacFarlane, W. V. (1951). The life cycle of Stegodexamene anguillae n. g., n. sp., an allocreadiid trematode from New Zealand. Parasitology, 41(1), 1–10.

[II-2] Watson, R. A. (1984). The life cycle and morphology of Tetracerasta blepta, gen. et sp. nov., and Stegodexamene callista, sp. nov. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae) from the long-finned eel, Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner. Australian Journal of Zoology, 32(1), 177–204.

[III-3] Cribb, T. H. (1988). Two new digenetic trematodes from Australian fishes with notes on previously described species. Journal of Natural History, 1, 27–43.