giant liver fluke
1Liver fluke — Fasciola hepatica Liver flukes are a polyphyletic group of trematodes (phylum Platyhelminthes). Adults of liver flukes are localized in the liver of various mammals, including humans. These flatworms can occur in bile ducts, gallbladder, and… …
2fluke — fluke1 /floohk/, n. 1. the part of an anchor that catches in the ground, esp. the flat triangular piece at the end of each arm. See diag. under anchor. 2. a barb, or the barbed head, of a harpoon, spear, arrow, or the like. 3. either half of the… …
3Fascioloides magna — Taxobox name = Giant liver fluke regnum = Animalia phylum = Platyhelminthes classis = Trematoda subclassis = Digenea ordo = Echinostomida familia = Fasciolidae genus = Fascioloides binomial = Fascioloides magna binomial authority = Bassi, 1875… …
4Dioctophyme renale — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda Class: Se …
5Trematoda — Taxobox name = Trematoda image width = 250px image caption = Botulus microporus , a giant digenean parasite from the intestine of a lancetfish regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa unranked phylum = Bilateria superphylum = Platyzoa phylum =… …
6Schistosoma haematobium — Histopathology of bladder shows eggs of Schistosoma haematobium surrounded by intense infiltrates of eosinophils. Scientific classification Kingdom …
7Nematode — Not to be confused with ringworm. Nematodes Unidentified roundworm from wet soil. The mouth is at the top left corner. Scientific classification …
8Fasciolopsis — A genus of very large intestinal fasciolid flukes. [Fasciola + G. opsis, form, appearance] F. buski the large intestinal fluke, a species found in the intestine of humans in eastern and southern Asia; transmitted via ingestion of water chestnuts… …
9Elk — This article is about the North American and East Asian animals, also known as wapiti. For the animal Alces alces, called the elk in Europe, see moose. For other uses, see Elk (disambiguation). Wapiti redirects here; for other uses, see Wapiti… …
10Parasitoid — SEM image of endoparasitoid ciliates of the genus Collinia, which can cause mass mortality in affected krill populations A parasitoid is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life history attached to or within a single host… …
