Haplometra cylindracea
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| Haplometra cylindracea | |
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Scientific 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]
