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Haplometra cylindracea

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Haplometra cylindracea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Plagiorchiidae
Genus: Haplometra
Species:
H. cylindracea
Binomial name
Haplometra cylindracea
(Zeder, 1800)[1]

Haplometra cylindracea is a trematode parasite of frogs. Adult worms measure usually 10 mm and they are located in the lungs. H. cylindracea develops through 2 intermediate hosts: the first, a freshwater snail, the second, a water beetle.[2]

Morphology

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Adult worms are usually 10 mm long and they have elongate, cylindrical body. Ventral sucker is smaller than oral sucker. Eggs are dark brown in colour and measures 220 μm. Cercariae contains characteristic stylet.

Hosts

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Definitive hosts are frogs. H. cylindracea was documented in Rana temporaria, Rana esculenta, Rana ridibunda, Rana dalmatina, Rana arvalis, Bufo spp., Bombina spp.[3]

First intermediate host is snail from family Lymnaeidae, i.e. Galba truncatula, Lymnaea palustris, Radix spp.[4]

References

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  1. ^ NCBI Taxonomy browser - Haplometra
  2. ^ Baker, David G. (9 January 2008). Flynn's Parasites of Laboratory Animals. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470344170.
  3. ^ Smyth, J. D.; Wakelin, Derek (1994-11-24). Introduction to Animal Parasitology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521428118.
  4. ^ Smyth, J. D.; Wakelin, Derek (1994-11-24). Introduction to Animal Parasitology. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521428118.