Artyfechinostomum malayanum

Artyfechinostomum malayanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Echinostomida
Family: Echinostomatidae
Genus: Artyfechinostomum
Species: A. malayanum
Binomial name
Artyfechinostomum malayanum
(Leiper, 1911) Mendheim, 1943 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Echinostoma malayanum Leiper, 1911
  • Euparyphium malayanum Odhner, 1913
  • Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Lane, 1915
  • Artyfechinostomum mehrai Faruqui, 1930
  • Paryphostomum sufrartyfex Bhalerao, 1931
  • Isthmiophora malayana

Artyfechinostomum malayanum is a species of digenetic trematode in the family Echinostomatidae.

The known first intermediate host of Artyfechinostomum malayanum include freshwater snails Indoplanorbis exustus and Gyraulus convexiusculus.[2]

The ceraciae can also infect gastropods Pila scutata, Lymnaea cumingiana and Digoniostoma pulchella.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mendheim, H. (1943). "Beiträge zur Systematic und Biologie der Familie Echinostomatidae (Trematoda)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 12: 175–302.
  2. 1 2 3 Chai, J. Y.; Shin, E. H.; Lee, S. H.; Rim, H. J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 47 (Supplement): S69–102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69. PMC 2769220Freely accessible. PMID 19885337.
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