Metagonimus
| Metagonimus | |
|---|---|
 
 | |
| Metagonimus yokogawai | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes | 
| Class: | Trematoda | 
| Order: | Plagiorchiida | 
| Family: | Heterophyidae | 
| Genus: | Katsurada, 1913[1]  | 
| Diversity[2] | |
| 8 species | |
Metagonimus is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.[3]
It is a parasite causing metagonimiasis.
Species
There are 8 species[2] within the genus Metagonimus include:
- Metagonimus hakubaensis Shimazu, 1999
 - Metagonimus katsuradai Izumi, 1935
 - Metagonimus minutus
 - Metagonimus miyatai Saito, Chai, Kim, Lee and Rim, 1997
 - Metagonimus otsurui Saito & Hori, 1962
 - Metagonimus ovatus
 - Metagonimus takahashii Takahashi, 1929
 - Metagonimus yokogawai (Katsurada, 1912)
 
References
- ^ Katsurada (1913). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, (I. Orig.) 72: 158.
 - ^ a b Shimazu, Takeshi; Kino, Hideto (2015-10-29). "Metagonimus yokogawai (Trematoda: Heterophyidae): From discovery to designation of a neotype". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 53 (5): 627–639. doi:10.3347/kjp.2015.53.5.627. PMC 4635838. PMID 26537043.
 - ^ Scholz, Tomáš; Kuchta, Roman; Barčák, Daniel; Cech, Gábor; Oros, Mikuláš (2024). "Small intestinal flukes of the genus Metagonimus (Digenea: Heterophyidae) in Europe and the Middle East: A review of parasites with zoonotic potential". Parasite. 31: 20. doi:10.1051/parasite/2024016. PMC 10979786. PMID 38551578. 
 
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