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Echinostoma

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Echinostoma
a genus of flukes in the family Echinostomatidae. Includes, besides those listed below, Echinostoma aphylactum, E. caproni, E. hortense, E. jassyenese, E. lindoensis, E. suinum.

Echinostoma iliocanum
found in the intestine of dogs, rodents and humans and may cause enteritis.
Echinostoma revolutum (syn. Echinostoma paraulum)
found in the rectum and ceca of birds and in humans. Severe infestations may cause enteritis.


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In 2006 six helminth species were found: five trematode species, Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802), Skrjabinoplagiorchis ondatrae (Andrejko, 1965), Psilotrema spiculigerum (Muhling, 1898), Psilotrema simillimum (Muhling, 1898), Echinostoma sp.
Parasite influences on host life history: Echinostoma revolutum parasitism of Lymnaea elodes snails.
 
 
 
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