Heterophyes

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Heterophyes
Heterophyes heterophyes.jpg
Adult specimen of Heterophyes heterophyes stained with carmine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
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Genus:
Heterophyes

Heterophyes is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.[2]

Species[]

Species within the genus Heterophyes include:

  • Heterophyes aequalis Looss, 1902[3]
  • Heterophyes bucalis Marco del Pont, 1926[3]
  • Heterophyes dispar Looss, 1902[3]
  • Heterophyes fraterna (Looss, 1894)[3]
  • Heterophyes heroni El-Ezz, Tantawy, Mahdy & El-Massry, 2001[3]
  • Heterophyes heterophyes (Siebold, 1853)[3]
  • Heterophyes inops Looss, 1902[3]
  • Heterophyes larii Zhao, 1991[3]
  • Heterophyes nocens Onji & Nishio, 1916[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Cobbold T. S. (1866). Tapeworms, page 6.
  2. ^ Bogitsh, Burton Jerome; Carter, Clint Earl; Oeltmann, Thomas N. (2013). Human Parasitology. Academic Press. ISBN 9780124159150.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Gibson, D. (2015). Heterophyes Cobbold, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108611 on 2016-01-06

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