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Plagioporus skrjabini

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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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