Liolope
Appearance
Liolope | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Order: | Diplostomida |
Family: | Liolopidae |
Genus: | Liolope Cohn, 1902 |
Species: | L. copulans
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Binomial name | |
Liolope copulans Cohn, 1902
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Liolope is a monotypic genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, belonging to the family Liolopidae. The only species is Liolope copulans.[1]
Baba et al. (2011) classified this species in the family Liolopidae, superfamily Diplostomoidea.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Japan.[2]
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Life cycle
[edit]The first intermediate hosts of Liolope copulans include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina.[2]
The second (experimental) intermediate host include fish Nipponocypris sieboldii and Rhynchocypris lagowskii.[2]
The final hosts include Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Liolope Cohn, 1902". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Baba T., Hosoi M., Urabe M., Shimazu T., Tochimoto T. & Hasegawa H. (2011). "Liolope copulans (Trematoda: Digenea: Liolopidae) parasitic in Andrias japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata: Cryptobranchidae) in Japan: Life cycle and systematic position inferred from morphological and molecular evidence". Parasitology International 60(2): 181–192. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2011.02.002. PMID 21345377.