Biology:Liolope

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Short description: Genus of flukes

Liolope
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Diplostomida
Family: Liolopidae
Genus: Liolope
Cohn, 1902
Species:
L. copulans
Binomial name
Liolope copulans
Cohn, 1902

Liolope is a monotypic genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, belonging to the family Liolopidae. The only species is Liolope copulans.[1]

Baba et al. (2011) classified this species in the family Liolopidae, superfamily Diplostomoidea.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan .[2]

Japanese giant salamander is a host of this parasite.

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Liolope copulans include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina.[2]

The second (experimental) intermediate host include fish Nipponocypris sieboldii and Rhynchocypris lagowskii.[2]

The final hosts include Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus.[2]

References

  1. "Liolope Cohn, 1902" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2503526. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Baba T., Hosoi M., Urabe M., Shimazu T., Tochimoto T. & Hasegawa H. (2011). "Liolope copulans (Trematoda: Digenea: Liolopidae) parasitic in Andrias japonicus (Amphibia: Caudata: Cryptobranchidae) in Japan: Life cycle and systematic position inferred from morphological and molecular evidence". Parasitology International 60(2): 181–192. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2011.02.002. PMID 21345377.

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