Fasciolidae

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Fasciolidae
Great liver fluke ( Fasciola hepatica )
Systematics
Trunk : Flatworms (Plathelminthes) Class : Flukes (Trematoda) Subclass : Digenea Order : Echinostomida Subordination : Echinostomata Family : Fasciolidae
Scientific name
Fasciolidae
Railliet , 1895

The Fasciolidae are a family from the class of the flukes (Trematoda) and comprises five genera . They are transmitted by metacercariae on the surface, especially from aquatic and marsh plants . Intermediate hosts are mainly mud snails .

features

Fasciolidae are large, dorsoventrally flattened, usually relatively thin, and occasionally thick, robust flatworms. They are often leaf-shaped but variable in shape. The front end, the head pin (apical cone) is set off from the body by a shoulder-like widening. The integument can be armed with spikes. The oral suction cup and abdominal suction cup are usually close together.

Internal system

• Fasciola
  • Large liver fluke ( Fasciola hepatica ), causative agent of fasciolosis , also in humans (intermediate host: Lymnaea truncatula or Galba truncatula )
  • Giant liver fluke ( Fasciola gigantica ), causative agent of tropical fasciolosis, also in humans (intermediate host: Lymnaea natalensis )
  • Fasciola jacksoni
• Fascioloides
  • Fascioloides magna ( Bassi , 1857) in elk and deer , introduced into Europe (intermediate host: Lymnaea columella )
• Fasciolopsis
  • Giant intestinal gel ( Fasciolopsis buski ), pathogen causing fasciolopsiasis in humans
• Parafasciolopsis
  • Parafasciolopsis fasciolaemorpha Ejsmont , 1932, in the elk (intermediate host: Planorbarius corneus )
• Protofasciola
  • Protofasciola robusta

See also

• Parasites of humans

source

• Olson, PD, Cribb, TH, Tkach, VV, Bray, RA, Littlewood, DTJ, 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). In: International Journal for Parasitology 33, 733-755.

Individual evidence

1. ^ David Ian Gibson, Arlene Jones, Rodney Alan Bray: Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2. , 2005, ISBN 978-0851995878 , p. 80.

Web links

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