Prosthogonimus ovatus

Species of fluke

Prosthogonimus ovatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Prosthogonimidae
Genus: Prosthogonimus
Species:
P. ovatus
Binomial name
Prosthogonimus ovatus
(Rudolphi, 1803)

Prosthogonimus ovatus is a species of a trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Prosthogonimidae.

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Prosthogonimus ovatus include freshwater snails:

  • Anisus spirorbis[1]
  • Bithynia leachii[1]
  • Bithynia tentaculata[1]
  • Planorbarius corneus[1]

The definitive host lives in the oviducts of corn crake Crex crex.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Prosthogonimus ovatus", as Bithynia leachei (sic!), accessed July 23, 2011.

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Taxon identifiers
Prosthogonimus ovatus
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