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Genus: | Kritsky Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016
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Species: | K. platyrhynchi
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Kritsky platyrhynchi (Guidelli, Isaac & Pavanelli, 2002[1]) Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016
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Kritsky is a genus of digeneans in the family Aporocotylidae or blood flukes.[2] The name of the genus honours the American parasitologist Delane C. Kritsky.
The genus includes the single species Kritsky platyrhynchi (Guidelli, Isaac & Pavanelli, 2002) Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016, which is a parasite of the body cavity of the porthole shovelnose catfish, Hemisorubim platyrhynchos (Pimelodidae) in Peru.[3]