Metagonimus
| Metagonimus | |
|---|---|
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| Metagonimus yokogawai | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Subclass: | Digenea |
| Order: | Opisthorchiida |
| Family: | Heterophyidae |
| Genus: | Metagonimus Katsurada, 1913[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 8 species | |
Metagonimus is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.
It is a parasite causing metagonimiasis.
Species
There are 8 species[2] within the genus Metagonimus include:
- Metagonimus hakubaensis Shimazu, 1999
- Metagonimus katsuradai Izumi, 1935
- Metagonimus minutus
- Metagonimus miyatai Saito, Chai, Kim, Lee and Rim, 1997
- Metagonimus otsurui Saito & Hori, 1962
- Metagonimus ovatus
- Metagonimus takahashii Takahashi, 1929
- Metagonimus yokogawai (Katsurada, 1912)
References
- ↑ Katsurada (1913). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, (I. Orig.) 72: 158.
- 1 2 Shimazu T. & Kino H. (2015). "Metagonimus yokogawai (Trematoda: Heterophyidae): From Discovery to Designation of a Neotype". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 53(5): 627-639. doi:10.3347/kjp.2015.53.5.627.
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