Heterophyes

Heterophyes
Adult specimen of Heterophyes heterophyes stained with carmine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Heterophyidae
Genus: Heterophyes
Cobbold, 1866[1]

Heterophyes is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Heterophyes include:

References

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  1. ^ Cobbold T. S. (1866). Tapeworms, page 6.
  2. ^ Bogitsh, Burton Jerome; Carter, Clint Earl; Oeltmann, Thomas N. (2013). Human Parasitology. Academic Press. ISBN 9780124159150.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Gibson, D. (2015). Heterophyes Cobbold, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108611 on 2016-01-06
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