- Opisthorchis
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Opisthorchis adult Opisthorchis viverrini Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Trematoda Order: Opisthorchiida Family: Opisthorchiidae Genus: Opisthorchis Species - O. felineus
- flukes[1] in the family Opisthorchiidae.
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Species
Species in the genus Opisthorchis include:
- Opisthorchis felineus (Rivolta, 1884)[2]
- Opisthorchis gomtii Mehra, 1941[3]
- Opisthorchis parasiluri Long & Lee[4]
- Opisthorchis sinensis
- Opisthorchis viverrini Poirier, 1886
See also
References
- ^ MeSH Opisthorchiasis
- ^ Blanchard, R. (1895). Séance du 26 Novembre 1895. Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 20: 217. Text on biodiversitylibrary.org.
- ^ Gibson, D. (2009). Opisthorchis gomtii Mehra, 1941. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109076 on 2010-06-24
- ^ Long, S., Lee, W. C. (1958). Parasitic worms from Tai Hu fishes: digenetic trematodes. II. Opisthorchidae and other families, with a description of a new species of Opisthorchis. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 4.
External links
- Opisthorchis at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
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