Heterophyes nocens

Heterophyes nocens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Subclass: Digenea
Order: Opisthorchiida
Family: Heterophyidae
Genus: Heterophyes
Species: H. nocens
Binomial name
Heterophyes nocens
Onji & Nishio, 1916
Synonyms[1]

Heterophyes katsuradai Ozaki & Asada, 1926

Heterophyes nocens is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Heterophyidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

Life cycle

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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(Suppl): S69-S102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Chai J. Y., Darwin Murrell K. & Lymbery A. J. (2005). "Fish-borne parasitic zoonoses: Status and issues". International Journal for Parasitology 35(11-12): 1233-1254. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.07.013.


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