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Genus of flukes

Liolope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan.

Japanese giant salamander is a host of this parasite.

Life cycle

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

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

The final hosts include Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus.

References

  1. "Liolope Cohn, 1902". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Liolope
Liolope copulans


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