Plagioporus skrjabini

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Trematoda Order Plagiorchiida Scientific name Plagioporus skrjabini		Phylum Platyhelminthes Subclass Digenea Suborder Xiphidiata Rank Species
Similar Stephanostomum baccatum, Bucephalidae, Bucephalus, Plagiorchiida

Plagioporus skrjabini is a species of a trematode in the family Opecoelidae.

Hosts

Hosts of Plagioporus skrjabini include:

Snail Theodoxus fluviatilis serves as the first intermediate host

Sand hoppers are natural additional hosts: Pontogammarus robustoides, Pontogammarus crassus, Dikerogammarus villosus, Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, Chaetogammarus ischnus and Amathillina cristata.

Definitive hosts are Cobitis taenia, and gobies: toad goby (Mesogobius batrachocephalus), bighead goby (Ponticola kessleri) and monkey goby (Neogobius fluviatilis).

References

Plagioporus skrjabini Wikipedia

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