Metagonimus miyatai

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Metagonimus miyatai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Heterophyidae
Genus: Metagonimus
Species:
M. miyatai
Binomial name
Metagonimus miyatai
Saito, Chai, Kim, Lee and Rim, 1997[1]

Metagonimus miyatai is a species of a trematode, or fluke worm, in the family Heterophyidae.

It is a human parasite causing metagonimiasis.

This species occurs in Japan[2] and Korea.[3]

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