Liver fluke

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Liver flukes are a polyphyletic group of trematodes (a kind of flatworm). They are parasites that can live inside of almost any animal, and eat the host's liver. They have bilateral symmetry.

Examples include:

• Clonorchis sinensis (the "Chinese liver fluke" or the "Oriental liver fluke")
• Dicrocoelium dendriticum (lancet liver fluke)
• Fasciola hepatica (the "sheep liver fluke")
• Fascioloides magna (the "giant liver fluke")
• Fasciola gigantica
• Opisthorchis viverrini (Southeast Asian liver fluke)
• Opisthorchis felineus (cat liver fluke).

[edit] See also

• Fascioliasis