Gorgodera amplicava

Gorgodera amplicava is a species of digenetic trematodes whose definitive hosts include amphibians. Its first intermediate host includes the fingernail clam, which is followed by a second intermediate host, which can be a snail, tadpole, or crayfish. Gorgodera is a distome, meaning its body includes two suckers, one oral and one ventral.

Gorgodera amplicava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
Order:
Plagiorchiida
Family:
Gorgoderidae
Genus:
Gorgodera
Species:
G. amplicava
Binomial name
Gorgodera amplicava
Looss, 1899[1]

Transmission

References
  1. Looss, A. (1899). "Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius". Zoologische Jahrbücher (in German). 12: 521–784. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2037.
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