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Fasciolidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Fasciolidae

Higher classification
  
Echinostomata

Order
  
Echinostomida

Suborder
  
Echinostomata

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Rank
  
Family

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Lower classifications
  
Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Fasciola hepatica

Fasciolidae is a family of trematodes and includes several veterinary and medical important parasites. Family Fasciolidae is divided into 5 genera. Flukes of the family are localized in liver, gall bladder, and the intestine. The life cycle of fasciolid flukes includes one intermediate host – freshwater snails from family Lymnaeidae.

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Morphological features

  • length of adults: 2 (Parafasciolopsis) up to 10 cm (Fasciola gigantica, Fascioloides magna)
  • suckers: oral and ventral sucker are closely located
  • cercariae: gymnocephalic shape

    • Systematics within family

    According to Olson et al. 2003 the family has five genera:

  • Fasciola
  • F. hepatica – Common liver fluke
  • F. gigantica
  • F. jacksoni
  • Fasciola spp. – Japanese strain
  • Fascioloides
  • F. magna
  • Fasciolopsis
  • F. buski
  • Parafasciolopsis
  • P. fasciolaemorpha
  • Protofasciola
  • P. robusta

    • References

    Fasciolidae Wikipedia
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