Heterophyes nocens

Heterophyes nocens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Subclass:	Digenea
Order:	Opisthorchiida
Family:	Heterophyidae
Genus:	Heterophyes
Species:	H. nocens
Binomial name
	Heterophyes nocens; Onji & Nishio, 1916
Synonyms
	Heterophyes katsuradai Ozaki & Asada, 1926

Heterophyes nocens is a species of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in:

southwestern Korea in coastal regions^[1]
Kōchi Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Chūgoku region, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan^[1]
China.^[2]

Life cycle[]

The first intermediate hosts of Heterophyes nocens include brackish water snail Cerithideopsilla cingulata.^[2]

The second intermediate host include freshwater fish: Mugil cephalus, and Acanthogobius flavimanus.^[2]

Natural definitive hosts are fish-eating animals: cats, and humans.^[2] It can infect humans when eating raw fish. Experimental definitive hosts are: dogs and cats.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". 47(Suppl): S69-S102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11-12): 1233-1254. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.013.

External links[]

"Heterophyes nocens". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

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[Chai_2009-1] Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". 47(Suppl): S69-S102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69.

[Chai_2005-2] Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11-12): 1233-1254. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.013.

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