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Phylum Platyhelminthes: Class Trematoda: Subclass Digenea
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
10/29/2009

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Life?
Definition
Flukes; endo and ecto parasites-usually of verts (definitive host); 1-2 intermediate hosts
Term
Body?
Definition
tegument; bilobed gut
Term
Feed?
Definition
anterior and posterior suckers
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Reproduction?
Definition
mostly simultaneous hermaphrodites; schistosome->gonochroistic. Free living larvae, non feeding. In intermediate host, asexual replication
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Reproductive cycle?
Definition
fert egg(shelled)->exits definitive host in feces->miracidium larva(free living, ciliated)->intermediate host->defiferentiates->mother sporocyst(with germballs)->either redia larvae w/germballs or daughter sporocytes w/germ balls->exit int. host->circaria w/muscular larva->either enter another int. host to metacercaria stage and get consumed, or enter def. host->sexual repro->eggs
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