Heronimidae

Heronimidae
Heronimus mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Heronimidae

Heronimidae is a family of digenean trematode parasites consisting of a single genus with a single species.[1][2] The sole species of this family, Heronimus mollis (Leidy, 1856) is a parasite of the lungs of a number of species of turtles across North and Central America.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Pearson, J. C. (1992). On the position of the digenean family Heronimidae: an inquiry into a cladistic classification of the Digenea. Systematic Parasitology, 21(2), 81-166.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heronimidae Ward, 1918". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-08-02.


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