Artyfechinostomum malayanum

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Artyfechinostomum malayanum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Echinostomatidae
Genus: Artyfechinostomum
Species:
A. malayanum
Binomial name
Artyfechinostomum malayanum
(Leiper, 1911) Mendheim, 1943 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Echinostoma malayanumLeiper, 1911
  • Euparyphium malayanumOdhner, 1913
  • Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfexLane, 1915
  • Artyfechinostomum mehraiFaruqui, 1930
  • Paryphostomum sufrartyfexBhalerao, 1931
  • Isthmiophora malayana

Artyfechinostomum malayanum is a species of digenetic trematode in the family Echinostomatidae.

The known first intermediate host of Artyfechinostomum malayanum include freshwater snails Indoplanorbis exustus and Gyraulus convexiusculus . [2]

The ceraciae can also infect gastropods Pila scutata , Lymnaea cumingiana and Digoniostoma pulchella . [2]

References

  1. Mendheim, H. (1943). "Beiträge zur Systematic und Biologie der Familie Echinostomatidae (Trematoda)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 12: 175–302.
  2. 1 2 3 Chai, J. Y.; Shin, E. H.; Lee, S. H.; Rim, H. J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 47 (Supplement): S69–102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69. PMC   2769220 . PMID   19885337.