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:

References

  1. Cobbold T. S. (1866). Tapeworms, page 6.
  2. 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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