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Metagonimus
Sign in to saveMetagonimus is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPlatyhelminthes
- ClassTrematoda
- OrderPlagiorchiida
- FamilyHeterophyidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Heterophyidae
- Collections
- USNM, MSB, YPM
- Recorded in
- Japan, United States
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Metagonimus is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.
It is a parasite causing metagonimiasis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metagonimus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.