Echinostoma miyagawai
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| Echinostoma miyagawai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Echinostomatidae |
| Genus: | Echinostoma |
| Species: | E. miyagawai |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinostoma miyagawai Ishii, 1932 | |
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Echinostoma miyagawai is a species of echinostome parasite that is found in Europe,[1] Southeast Asia[2][3] and Japan.[4]
It can use multiple aquatic snail species as first intermediate host, such as Planorbis planorbis, Anisus vortex, and Radix peregra. The definitive host species include the wild duck, the tufted duck, the domestic chicken, and the brown rat.[1][3] In the definitive host it resides in the small intestine, cecum, and rectum.[3] In Thailand and Laos E. miyagawai, is more common parasite of free-living ducks than E. revolutum.[2]
