Podocotyle Reflexa [Podocotyle reflexa]
Description
Podocotyle Reflexa is a species of digenean flatworms. It is a parasite that lives in the digestive tract of marine fishes. The adult worms produce eggs that are released into the water through the host's feces. These eggs infect intermediate hosts, typically gastropods, where they develop into infective larvae. The larvae then infect the definitive host, completing the life cycle.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Flatworms
Platyhelminthes
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Trematoda
Trematoda
|
| Order |
Digenetic Flukes
Digenea
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| Family |
Opecoelidae
Opecoelidae
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| Genus |
Podocotyle
Podocotyle
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