Heterophyes

Heterophyes

Adult specimen of Heterophyes heterophyes stained with carmine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Subclass:	Digenea
Order:	Opisthorchiida
Family:	Heterophyidae
Genus:	Heterophyes Cobbold, 1866^[1]

Heterophyes is a genus of trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Heterophyidae.

Species

Species within the genus Heterophyes include:

Heterophyes aequalis Looss, 1902^[2]
Heterophyes bucalis Marco del Pont, 1926^[2]
Heterophyes dispar Looss, 1902^[2]
Heterophyes fraterna (Looss, 1894)^[2]
Heterophyes heroni El-Ezz, Tantawy, Mahdy & El-Massry, 2001^[2]
Heterophyes heterophyes (Siebold, 1853)^[2]
Heterophyes inops Looss, 1902^[2]
Heterophyes larii Zhao, 1991^[2]
Heterophyes nocens Onji & Nishio, 1916^[2]

References

↑ Cobbold T. S. (1866). Tapeworms, page 6.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gibson, D. (2015). Heterophyes Cobbold, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108611 on 2016-01-06

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