Animalia > Platyhelminthes > Trematoda > Plagiorchiida > Opisthorchiidae > Metorchis > Metorchis conjunctus

Metorchis conjunctus (Canadian liver fluke)

Synonyms: Distoma conjunctum; Opisthorchis conjunctus; Parametorchis conjunctus

Wikipedia Abstract

Metorchis conjunctus, common name Canadian liver fluke, is a species of trematode parasite in the family Opisthorchiidae. It can infect mammals that eat raw fish in North America. The first intermediate host is a freshwater snail and the second, a freshwater fish.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0