Troglotrematidae

A family of flukes (TREMATODA) usually under 10 mm in length, some being only 1 or 2 mm long. In general they are thick, spinous, or scaly flukes having an oval outline and living in various organs and sinuses of birds and mammals. The genus with the greatest interest is PARAGONIMUS. (From Noble et al., Parasitology: the Biology of Animal Parasites, 6th ed, p191)

Year introduced: 1998

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Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.715.800

MeSH Unique ID: D014322

Registry Number: txid34502

Previous Indexing:

• Trematoda (1966-1997)

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Organisms Category
Eukaryota
Animals
Invertebrates
Helminths
Platyhelminths
Trematoda
Troglotrematidae
Paragonimus
Paragonimus westermani