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Metagonimus

Metagonimus

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Metagonimus is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.

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 T. & Kino H. (2015). "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.

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Metagonimus: Brief Summary

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Metagonimus is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.

It is a parasite causing metagonimiasis.

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copyright: Wikipedia authors and editors

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