Prosthogonimus ovatus

Prosthogonimus ovatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Subclass: Digenea
Order: Plagiorchiida
Suborder: Xiphidiata
Superfamily: Microphalloidea
Family: Prosthogonimidae
Genus: Prosthogonimus
Species: P. ovatus
Binomial name
Prosthogonimus ovatus
(Rudolphi, 1803)

Prosthogonimus ovatus is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Prosthogonimidae.

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Prosthogonimus ovatus include freshwater snails:

The definitive host lives in the oviducts of corn crake Crex crex.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Prosthogonimus ovatus", as Bithynia leachei (sic!), accessed July 23, 2011.
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