Brachylaima cribbi

Brachylaima cribbi is a species of terrestrial trematode parasites in the family Brachylaimidae.

Brachylaima cribbi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
Order:
Plagiorchiida
Family:
Brachylaimidae
Genus:
Brachylaima
Species:
B. cribbi
Binomial name
Brachylaima cribbi
A.R. Butcher, 2003[1]

Overview

Intermediate hosts for Brachylaima cribbi are terrestrial snails Cochlicella acuta, Cernuella virgata and Theba pisana.[2]

Named after Thomas Cribb, helminthologist at UQ.

References
  1. Butcher, A.R. & Grove, D.I. (2001). Description of the life-cycle stages of Brachylaima cribbi n. sp. (Digenea: Brachylaimidae) derived from eggs recovered from human faeces in Australia. Systematic Parasitology 49: 211-221. http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/37914/5/04chapter03.pdf%5B%5D
  2. Butcher A. R. & Grove D. I.: Seasonal variation in rates of sporocyst and metacercarial infection by Brachylaima cribbi in helicid and hygromiid land snails on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. - Australian Journal of Zoology, 2006, 53(6): 375–382.


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