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Heterophyes nocens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Rank
  
Species

Subclass
  
Digenea

Family
  
Heterophyidae

Genus
  
Heterophyes

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:

  • southwestern Korea in coastal regions
  • Kōchi Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Chūgoku region, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan
  • China.

    • 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

    Heterophyes nocens Wikipedia
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