Echinoparyphium

Echinoparyphium
Echinoparyphium contiguum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Echinostomatidae
Subfamily: Echinostomatinae
Genus: Echinoparyphium
Dietz, 1909[1]
Species

Echinoparyphium is a genus of trematodes. Intermediate hosts include snails, bivalves and fish. Definitive hosts are mainly birds and mammals.[6]

Cercariae of several Echinoparyphium species

References

  1. ↑ Dietz, E. (1909). "Die Echinostomiden der Vogel" (PDF). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 34: 180–192.
  2. ↑ Leicht, Katja; Seppälä, Otto (2014). "Infection success of Echinoparyphium aconiatum (Trematoda) in its snail host under high temperature: Role of host resistance". Parasites & Vectors. 7 (1): 192. Bibcode:2014PVec....7..192L. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-192. PMC 4021695. PMID 24754889.
  3. ↑ Najarian, Haig H. (1954). "Developmental stages in the life cycle of echinoparyphium flexum (Linton, 1892) dietz, 1910 (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae)". Journal of Morphology. 94: 165–197. Bibcode:1954JMorp..94..165N. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050940106.
  4. ↑ Soldánová, Miroslava; Selbach, Christian; Sures, Bernd; Kostadinova, Aneta; Pérez-Del-Olmo, Ana (2010). "Larval trematode communities in Radix auricularia and Lymnaea stagnalis in a reservoir system of the Ruhr River". Parasites & Vectors. 3 (1) 56. Bibcode:2010PVec....3...56S. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-56. PMC 2910012. PMID 20576146.
  5. ↑ Pantoja, Camila; Faltýnková, Anna; O’Dwyer, Katie; Jouet, Damien; Skírnisson, Karl; Kudlai, Olena (2021). "Diversity of echinostomes (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in their snail hosts at high latitudes". Parasite. 28: 59. doi:10.1051/parasite/2021054. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 8336728. PMID 34319230.
  6. ↑ Huffman, Jane; Fried, Bernard (2012). "The biology of Echinoparyphium (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae)". Acta Parasitologica. 57 (3): 199–210. Bibcode:2012AcPar..57042.5H. doi:10.2478/s11686-012-0042-5. PMID 22875668.