Kingdom Animalia Genus Liolope Rank Species Subclass Digenea | Family Liolopidae Phylum Platyhelminthes Order Strigeidida | |
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Superfamily Schistosomatoidea / Diplostomoidea | ||
Liolope copulans is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Liolopidae.
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Baba et al. (2011) classified this species in the family Liolopidae, superfamily Diplostomoidea.
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan.
Life cycle
The first intermediate hosts of Liolope copulans include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina.
The second (experimental) intermediate host include fish Nipponocypris sieboldii and Rhynchocypris lagowskii.
The final hosts include Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus.
References
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