Liver flukes are a polyphyletic group of a trematodes (a kind of flatworm). In biology, a taxon is polyphyletic if it is descended from more than one root form (in Greek poly = many and phyletic = racial). ... Orders not necessarily a complete list Azygiida Echinostomida Opisthorchiida Plagiorchiida Strigeata Strigeatida Trematodes are also known as flukes. ...
Fascioloides magna (Large American liver fluke, Giant liver fluke) Fascioloides magna is up to 100 mm long, thick, and oval; it is distinguished from Fasciola spp by the lack of an anterior projecting cone. ... A Liver Fluke(Fasciola hepatica) is a trematode (flat worm). ... The Clonorchis sinensis is a human liver fluke in the class Trematoda, Phylum Platyhelminthes. ... Opisthorchis viverrini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Muscular sucking discs at the rear of the body serve to attach the fluke to the host; in the species that are external parasites (ectoparasites), these suckers are often equipped with hooks.
Flukes that are parasitic on the surface of other organisms have a simple development; species that are internal parasites (endoparasites) frequently undergo a complex development requiring two or more hosts to complete their life cycles.
Flukes commonly known as blood flukes infest the blood vessels in humans, causing the widespread, serious disease schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia or bilharziasis.
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