Liolope

Liolope is a monotypic genus of trematodes, or fluke worms, belonging to the family Liolopidae. The only species is Liolope copulans.[1]

Liolope
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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

Baba et al. (2011) classified this species in the family Liolopidae, superfamily Diplostomoidea.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan.[2]

Japanese giant salamander is a host of this parasite.

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Liolope copulans include freshwater snails Semisulcospira libertina.[2]

The second (experimental) intermediate host include fish Nipponocypris sieboldii and Rhynchocypris lagowskii.[2]

The final hosts include Japanese giant salamander Andrias japonicus.[2]

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.


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