Metagonimus
Metagonimus is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.
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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)
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References
- Katsurada (1913). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, (I. Orig.) 72: 158.
- 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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