Prosthogonimus ovatus is a species of a trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Prosthogonimidae.

Prosthogonimus ovatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Prosthogonimidae
Genus: Prosthogonimus
Species:
P. ovatus
Binomial name
Prosthogonimus ovatus
(Rudolphi, 1803)

Life cycle edit

The first intermediate hosts of Prosthogonimus ovatus include freshwater snails:

The definitive host lives in the oviducts of corn crake Crex crex.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Prosthogonimus ovatus", as Bithynia leachei (sic!), accessed July 23, 2011.

External links edit

  • "Prosthogonimus ovatus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).