Fasciolidae
Family of flukes
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Fasciolidae is a family of trematodes and includes several parasites involved in the veterinary and medical sciences, which cause the disease Fasciolosis. Fasciolidae is divided into five genera by Olson et al. 2003. The family's various species are localised in liver, gall bladder, and intestine. Their life-cycle includes an intermediate host, freshwater snails from the family Lymnaeidae.[1]
| Fasciolidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Fasciola hepatica - adult worm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Suborder: | Echinostomata |
| Superfamily: | Echinostomatoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolidae Railliet, 1895 |
Morphology
Systematics within family
According to Olson et al. 2003 [3] the family has five genera:
- Fasciola
- Fasciola hepatica – Common liver fluke
- Fasciola gigantica
- Fasciola spp. – Japanese strain
- Fascioloides
- Fascioloides magna
- Fascioloides jacksoni
- Fasciolopsis
- Parafasciolopsis
- Parafasciolopsis fasciolaemorpha
- Protofasciola
- Protofasciola robusta