Trematoda is a class of parasitic flatworms commonly known as flukes, within the phylum Platyhelminthes. Nearly all trematodes are internal parasites of vertebrates as adults, with complex life cycles that typically pass through one or more intermediate hosts, most often a snail, before reaching a final vertebrate host. The class includes medically and economically significant species such as the blood flukes that cause schistosomiasis and the liver flukes that infect livestock and, in some regions, humans.
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Classification
Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Opisthorchis viverrini
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ207547, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Trematoda
WikipediaIntroduction
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as trematodes, and commonly as flukes.
In Group: Flatworm Classes, Lead
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as trematodes, and commonly as flukes.
View the Source Wikidata: Trematoda
Wikidata Q207547, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Opisthorchis viverrini
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Opisthorchis viverrini, Taxon recordQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Opisthorchis viverrini, Taxon record
"class": "Trematoda"
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Dicrocoelium dendriticum
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Taxon recordQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Dicrocoelium dendriticum, Taxon record
"class": "Trematoda"
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