Exercise No. 8b PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES Class Trematoda - Monoecious Flukes Flashcards
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Leaf-shaped
Fasciola hepatica
Pointed anterior, rounded posterior (“bottle-neck” appearance)
Clonorchis sinensis
Resembles C. sinensis
Opisthorchis felineus and Opisthorchis viverrini
Lancet-shaped
Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Elongate-ovoidal in shape
Fasciolopsis buski
Attenuated at both ends
Echinostoma ilocanum
Narrow anterior, rounded posterior (“pyriform”)
Heterophyes heterophyes
Resembles H. heterophyes
Metagonimus yokogawai
When active: spoonshaped; At preserved state:70-100 x 50-60 pm oval, flattened, coffee-bean-shaped
Paragonimus westermani
Integument: scales vary in size, pattern & distribution, but posterior is aspinose
Fasciola hepatica
Integument: aspinose
-Clonorchis sinensis
-Opisthorchis felineus and Opisthorchis viverrini
-Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Integument: Spinose
Fasciolopsis buski
Integument: with spines and scales
Echinostoma ilocanum
Integument: scales are narrow and closely set, numerous in the anterior
Heterophyes heterophyes
Integument: scale-like spines
Paragonimus westermani
Oral sucker, 0.5 mm
Ventral sucker, 2-3 mm
Uterus, coiled
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-Fasciolopsis buski
Vitellaria, highly branched in the lateral and posterior
Fasciolopsis buski
Vitellaria, medium-sized follicles in posterior % lateral fields
Echinostoma ilocanum
Vitellaria, large, polygonal follicles in each lateral posterior third
Heterophyes heterophyes
Metagonimus yokogawai
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Genital sucker, armed w/spines
Heterophyes heterophyes
Vitellaria, branched, lateral for the entire length of the body
Paragonimus westermani
Ceca, unbranched
Fasciolopsis buski