Echinostoma liei

Echinostoma liei is a species of 37-spined Egyptian echinostome. Its final hosts near irrigation ditches of the Nile delta include the roof rat, Egyptian giant shrew and aquatic birds.[1]

Echinostoma liei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Rhabditophora
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Echinostomatidae
Genus: Echinostoma
Species:
E. liei
Binomial name
Echinostoma liei
Jeyarasasingam & Heyneman, 1972

References

  1. Jeyarasasingam, U.; Heyneman, D.; Lim, Hok-Kan; Mansour, Noshy (2009). "Life cycle of a new echinostome from Egypt, Echinostoma liei sp.nov. (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae)". Parasitology. 65 (02): 203. doi:10.1017/S0031182000044991. ISSN 0031-1820.

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