Phylum Platyhelminthes Rank Species Subclass Digenea | Order Opisthorchiida | |
Similar Heterophyes, Heterophyidae, Echinostoma hortense, Metagonimus yokogawai, Digenea | ||
Heterophyes nocens is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Heterophyidae.
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Distribution
This species occurs in:
Life cycle
The first intermediate hosts of Heterophyes nocens include brackish water snail Cerithideopsilla cingulata.
The second intermediate host include freshwater fish: Mugil cephalus, and Acanthogobius flavimanus.
Natural definitive hosts are fish-eating animals: cats, and humans. It can infect humans when eating raw fish. Experimental definitive hosts are: dogs and cats.
References
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