Echinostomida
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Great liver fluke ( Fasciola hepatica ) |
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| La Rue , 1957 |
The Echinostomida are an order of flukes . The tail larvae ( cercaria ) have a forked tail, the eyelash larvae ( miracidia ) have two protonephridia . The most important representative is the great liver fluke .
The order is divided into three sub-categories:
- Cyclocoelata ,
- Echinostomata and
- Paramphistomata .
Types (selection)
- Ribeiroia ondatrae
- Great liver fluke ( Fasciola hepatica )
Web links
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literature
- Tracy Irwin Storer: General Zoology . McGraw-Hill, 6th Edition, 1979, ISBN 9780070617803 , p. 411.