Acanthatrium hitaensis is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Lecithodendriidae.
Distribution This species occurs in Japan and Thailand.
Life cycle The first intermediate hosts of Acanthatrium hitaensis include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertinaBesprozvannykh V. V., Ngo H., Ha N., Hung N., Rozhkovan K. & Ermolenko A. (2013). "Descriptions of digenean parasites from three snail species, Bithynia fuchsiana (Morelet), Parafossarulus striatulus Benson and Melanoides tuberculata Müller, in North Vietnam". Helminthologia 50(3): 190–204. and Tarebia granifera.Dechruksa W., Krailas D., Ukong S., Inkapatanakul W. & Koonchornboon T. (2007). "Trematode infections of the freshwater snail family Thiaridae in the Khek River, Thailand". The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 38(6): 1016-1028. PDF .
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