Metagonimus
Metagonimus yokogawai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Heterophyidae
Genus: Metagonimus
Katsurada, 1913[1]
Diversity[2]
8 species

Metagonimus is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.[3]

It is a parasite causing metagonimiasis.

Species

There are 8 species[2] within the genus Metagonimus include:

References

  1. ^ Katsurada (1913). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, (I. Orig.) 72: 158.
  2. ^ a b Shimazu, Takeshi; Kino, Hideto (2015-10-29). "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. PMC 4635838. PMID 26537043.
  3. ^ Scholz, Tomáš; Kuchta, Roman; Barčák, Daniel; Cech, Gábor; Oros, Mikuláš (2024). "Small intestinal flukes of the genus Metagonimus (Digenea: Heterophyidae) in Europe and the Middle East: A review of parasites with zoonotic potential". Parasite. 31: 20. doi:10.1051/parasite/2024016. PMC 10979786. PMID 38551578. Open access icon

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