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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Opecoelidae |
| Subfamily: | Opecoelinae |
| Genus: | Discoverytrema Gibson, 1976 |
Discoverytrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. K. Zdzitowiecki described both species of Discoverytrema as being endoparasitic in the Antarctic gadiform fish Muraenolepis microps Lönnberg, 1905, which are found to the south of the British South Georgia Island.
Species
- Discoverytrema gibsoni Zdzitowiecki, 1990
- Discoverytrema markowskii Gibson, 1976
References
- ^ Gibson, D. I. (1976). Monogenea and Digenea from fishes. Discovery Reports, 36, 179–266.
- Lönnberg, A. J. E. (1905). The fishes of the Swedish South Polar Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903, 5(6), 1–72.
- ^ Zdzitowiecki, K. (1990). A redescription of Discoverytrema markowskii Gibson, 1976 and description of D. gibsoni n. sp. (Digenea, Opecoelidae). Systematic Parasitology, 16(3), 163–167.
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