Trematoda
Class of parasitic flatworms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes or trematodes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive host, where the flukes sexually reproduce, is a vertebrate. Infection by trematodes can cause disease in all five traditional vertebrate classes: mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish.
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Trematoda | |
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Botulus microporus, a giant digenean parasite from the intestine of a lancetfish | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Superclass: | Neodermata |
Class: | Trematoda Rudolphi, 1808 |
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