Artyfechinostomum malayanum

Artyfechinostomum malayanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Echinostomida
Suborder:	Echinostomata
Family:	Echinostomatidae
Genus:	Artyfechinostomum
Species:	A. malayanum
Binomial name
Artyfechinostomum malayanum (Leiper, 1911) Mendheim, 1943
Synonyms[1]
Echinostoma malayanum Leiper, 1911 Euparyphium malayanum Odhner, 1913 Artyfechinostomum sufrartyfex Lane, 1915 Artyfechinostomum mehrai Faruqui, 1930 Paryphostomum sufrartyfex Bhalerao, 1931 Isthmiophora malayana

Artyfechinostomum malayanum is a species of digenetic trematode in the family Echinostomatidae.

The known first intermediate host of Artyfechinostomum malayanum include freshwater snails Indoplanorbis exustus and Gyraulus convexiusculus.^[1]

The ceraciae can also infect gastropods Pila scutata, Lymnaea cumingiana and Digoniostoma pulchella.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Chai J.-Y., Shin E.-H., Lee S.-H. & Rim H.-J. (2009). "Foodborne Intestinal Flukes in Southeast Asia". The Korean Journal of Parasitology 47(Supplement): 69–102. doi:10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S69, PMC PMC2769220.