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Fasciolidae



Fasciolidae is a family of trematodes and includes several veterinary and medical important parasites. Family Fasciolidae is divided into 5 geneses. 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]

Sytematics within family

according to Olson et al. 2003 [3]

  • genus Fasciola
    • F. hepatica
    • F. gigantica
    • F. jacksoni
    • Fasciola spp. – Japanese strain
  • genus Fascioloides
  • genus Fasciolopsis
    • F. buski
  • genus Parafasciolopsis
    • P. fasciomorphae
  • genus Protofasciola
    • P. robusta

References

  1. ^ a b Jurášek, V., Dubinský, P., 1993. Veterinárna parazitológia. Príroda a.s., Bratislava, 382 pp.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
 
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