''Echinostoma cinetorchis'' is a species of human intestinal
fluke
Fluke may refer to:
Biology
* Fluke (fish), a species of marine flatfish
* Fluke (tail), the lobes of the tail of a cetacean, such as dolphins or whales, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs
Mosasaurs (from Latin ''Mosa'' meaning the 'Meuse', and Greek ...
, a
trematode
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive host ...
in the family
Echinostomatidae
Echinostomatidae is a Family (biology), family of Trematoda, trematodes in the Order (biology), order Plagiorchiida, first described in 1899.Fuhrmann, O. (1928). ''Zweite Klasse des Cladus Platyhelminthes: Trematoda''. Berlin & Leipzig: Kükentha ...
.
Distribution
This species occurs in Korea.
Hosts
Hosts of ''Echinostoma cinetorchis'' include:
* ''
Cipangopaludina chinensis
The Chinese mystery snail, black snail, or trapdoor snail (''Cipangopaludina chinensis''), is a large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
The name "trapdoor snail" refers th ...
'' (Gray, 1834) – Chinese mystery snail, an
intermediate host
In biology and medicine, a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism; whether a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist ''guest'' (symbiont). The guest is typically provided with nourishment and shelter. Examples include a ...
* ''
Austropeplea ollula
''Austropeplea ollula'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
* Korea
* Philippines
Parasites
In Korea, ' ...
'' – as a first and main intermediate host
* Note on ''Hippeutis (Helicorbis) cantori'' – this species had previously been reported as first and second intermediate host, but in a subsequent study in a laboratory setting, the species was not able to be infected at all.
* ''
Segmentina hemispaerula'' as a first and second intermediate host in Korea, based on laboratory work.
* ''
Gyraulus convexiusculus'' as a potential first and second intermediate host in Korea, based on laboratory work.
Experimentally induced infection of host species that occur in Korea in a laboratory setting include:
From
miracidia
Trematodes are parasitic flatworms of the class ''Trematoda'', specifically parasitic flukes with two suckers: one ventral and the other oral. Trematodes are covered by a tegument, that protects the organism from the environment by providing secr ...
to
cercaria
A cercaria (plural cercariae) is the larval form of the trematode
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in w ...
, i.e. as a primary intermediate host:
*''
Hippeutis'' sp. – experimentally induced infection
From
cercaria
A cercaria (plural cercariae) is the larval form of the trematode
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in w ...
to
metacercaria, i.e. as a second intermediate host:
**''
Hippeutis'' sp. – experimentally induced infection
**''
Radix auricularia
''Radix auricularia'', the big-ear radix, is a species of medium-sized freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.Neubauer, Thomas A.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) ...
'' subspecies ''corecna'' – experimentally induced infection
**''
Physella acuta
''Physella acuta'' is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common names include European physa, tadpole snail, bladder snail, and acute bladder snail ...
'', listed as ''Physa acuta'' – experimentally induced infection
:: and to a very small extent, due to the mostly lethal effect of the infection,
**''
Cipangopaludina'' sp. – experimentally induced infection
References
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External links
* http://www.atlas.or.kr/atlas/alphabet_view.php?my_codeName=Echinostoma%20cinetorchis
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Animals described in 1923
Plagiorchiida