Urotrematidae Poche

Santos, Cláudia Portes & Gibson, David I., 2015, Checklist of the Helminth Parasites of South American Bats, Zootaxa 3937 (3), pp. 471-499 : 480

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F7CAD672-4865-411B-A5C7-D46AB3A2299D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6102009
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A18784-532D-6256-FF6B-FB40FDC0FA39
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Urotrematidae Poche
status

Treatment

Family Urotrematidae Poche View in CoL

Urotrematids occur in a variety of insectivorous rodents, bats, lizards and fishes. Bats acquire the parasite by the ingestion of encysted metacercariae in their insect prey.

Urotrema Braun

Species: U. scabridum Braun, 1900