Heterophyes nocens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Order: | Plagiorchiida |
Family: | Heterophyidae |
Genus: | Heterophyes |
Species: | H. nocens
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Binomial name | |
Heterophyes nocens Onji & Nishio, 1916
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Synonyms[1] | |
Heterophyes katsuradai Ozaki & Asada, 1926 |
Heterophyes nocens is a species of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.
This species occurs in:
The first intermediate hosts of Heterophyes nocens include brackish water snail Cerithideopsilla cingulata.[2]
The second intermediate host include freshwater fish: Mugil cephalus, and Acanthogobius flavimanus.[2]
Natural definitive hosts are fish-eating animals: cats, and humans.[2] It can infect humans when eating raw fish. Experimental definitive hosts are: dogs and cats.[1]