Fasciolidae
| Fasciolidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Fasciola hepatica - adult worm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Superfamily: | Echinostomatoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolidae Railliet 1895 |
Fasciolidae is a family of trematodes and includes several veterinary and medical important parasites. Family Fasciolidae is divided into 5 genera. Flukes of the family are localized in liver, gall bladder, and the intestine. The life cycle of fasciolid flukes includes one intermediate host – freshwater snails from family Lymnaeidae.[1]
Morphological features
- length of adults: 2 (Parafasciolopsis) up to 10 cm (Fasciola gigantica, Fascioloides magna)
- suckers: oral and ventral sucker are closely located [1]
- cercariae: gymnocephalic shape [2]
Systematics within family
According to Olson et al. 2003 [3] the family has five genera:
- Fasciola
- F. hepatica – Common liver fluke
- F. gigantica
- F. jacksoni
- Fasciola spp. – Japanese strain
- Fascioloides
- Fasciolopsis
- Parafasciolopsis
- Protofasciola
References
- ^ a b Jurášek, V., Dubinský, P., 1993. Veterinárna parazitológia. Príroda a.s., Bratislava, 382 pp.
- ^ Pybus, M.J., 2001. Liver flukes. In: Samuel, W.M., Pybus, M.J., Kocan, A.A. (eds.), Parasitic diseases in wild mammals, Iowa State Press, Iowa City, pp 121–149.
- ^ Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V.V., Bray, R.A., Littlewood, D.T.J., 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda)1. Int. J. Parasitol. 22, 733-755.