Centrocestus armatus

Centrocestus armatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Subclass: Digenea
Order: Opisthorchiida
Family: Heterophyidae
Genus: Centrocestus
Species: C. armatus
Binomial name
Centrocestus armatus

Centrocestus armatus is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Heterophyidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Southeast Asia.[1]

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Centrocestus armatus include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina.[2]

The second intermediate host include fish Nipponocypris temminkii and Zacco platypus.[1]

The final hosts include Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax.[1]

It may infect humans.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Komatsu S., Kimura D., Paller V. G. V. & Uga S. (2014). "Dynamics of Centrocestus armatus Transmission in Endemic River in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan". Tropical Medicine and Health 42(1): 35-42. doi:10.2149/tmh.2013-34.
  2. Paller V. G., Kimura D. & Uga S. (2007). "Infection dynamics of Centrocestus armatus cercariae (Digenea: Heterophyidae) to second intermediate fish hosts". Journal of Parasitology 93(2): 436–439. doi:10.1645/GE-997R.1.

Further reading

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