Metagonimus is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.[3]
Metagonimus | |
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Metagonimus yokogawai | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Order: | Plagiorchiida |
Family: | Heterophyidae |
Genus: | Metagonimus Katsurada, 1913[1] |
Diversity[2] | |
8 species |
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
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