Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Opisthorchiata > Superfamily Opisthorchioidea > Family Heterophyidae

Metagonimus Katsurada, 1912

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Dexiogonimus Witenberg, 1929 synonym

Children

Metagonimus ciureanus (Witenberg, 1929) Price, 1931
Metagonimus romanicus (Ciurea, 1915)
Metagonimus yokogawai (Katsurada, 1912)

Literature

original description

Katsurada F. (1912). On a new trematode Metagonimus yokogawai. Tokyo Iji Shinshi. 1796: 3483–3489. (in Japanese).

taxonomy source

Scholz, T.; Kuchta, R.; Barčák, D.; Cech, G.; Oros, M. (2024). Small intestinal flukes of the genus Metagonimus (Digenea: Heterophyidae) in Europe and the Middle East: A review of parasites with zoonotic potential. Parasite. 31: 20.

identification resource

Morozov, F. N. (1952). Trematode superfamily Heterophyoidea Faust, 1929. Skriabin K. I. Trematody zhivonykh i chekoveka (= Osnovy Trematodologii) [Trematodes of animals and humans. Fundamentals of trematodology]. 6: 152–615. (In Russian).

identification resource

Pearson, J. (2008). Family Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Wallingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 113–141.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Metagonimus Katsurada, 1912. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=725364

Dr. David Gibson. Metagonimus Katsurada, 1912. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d651446b-33f1-4e7e-9d4a-dd7aef957f59

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

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Last modified

2022-06-11 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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