Trematoda

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Noun 1. [画像:Trematoda - parasitic flatworms (including flukes)]Trematoda - parasitic flatworms (including flukes)
helminth, parasitic worm - worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes
trematode, trematode worm, fluke - parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
cercaria - tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage
family Fasciolidae, Fasciolidae - a family of Trematoda
family Schistosomatidae, Schistosomatidae - a family of Trematoda
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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Trem·a·to·da

n. Trematoda, clase de gusanos parásitos de la especie de los Platyhelminthes que incluye la duela y los gusanos planos que infectan el organismo humano.
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Previously to staining, cestodes and trematodes were discolored, dehydrated and diaphanized and then stained using Harris' hematoxylin and mounted in Canada balsam.
Trematodes (Treamentoda: Digenea) are extremely common in tropical and subtropical climates (including Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Egypt, Turkey, Iran), as well as in the European Union, Russia and Ukraine.
As with all marine organisms, trematodes are affected by human-mediated changes to the global oceans--for example, warmer temperatures, less available oxygen, increased seawater acidity.
Schistosomal are a genus of trematodes commonly known as blood flukes as their adults reside in blood capillaries.
The World Health Organization has estimated that the number of humans infected with fishborne trematodes exceeds 18 million, and >500 million persons are at risk of infection (1).
Molluscs under the family Lymnaeidae are given much attention as they participate in the life cycles of many trematodes with large-scale biomedical and veterinary significance [5, 6].
Field studies in both the southern (Fischer & Kelso 1988, 1990) and northern (Pracheil & Muzzall 2010) United States have suggested that larval trematodes, including P.
However, the larval trematodes that infect molluscs in these temporary artificial wetlands were little studied (Fernandez, Hamann, & Ostrowski de Nunez, 2013, 2014).

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