Heterophyes

Heterophyes
Adult specimen of Heterophyes heterophyes stained with carmine
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Heterophyidae
Genus:	Heterophyes Cobbold, 1866[1]

Heterophyes is a genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Heterophyidae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Heterophyes include:

• Heterophyes aequalis Looss, 1902[3]
• Heterophyes bucalis Marco del Pont, 1926[3]
• Heterophyes dispar Looss, 1902[3]
• Heterophyes fraterna (Looss, 1894)[3]
• Heterophyes heroni El-Ezz, Tantawy, Mahdy & El-Massry, 2001[3]
• Heterophyes heterophyes (Siebold, 1853)[3]
• Heterophyes inops Looss, 1902[3]
• Heterophyes larii Zhao, 1991[3]
• Heterophyes nocens Onji & Nishio, 1916[3]

References

1. Cobbold T. S. (1866). Tapeworms, page 6.
2. Bogitsh, Burton Jerome; Carter, Clint Earl; Oeltmann, Thomas N. (2013). Human Parasitology. Academic Press. ISBN 9780124159150.
3. Gibson, D. (2015). Heterophyes Cobbold, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108611 on 2016-01-06

External links

• "Heterophyes". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).