''Aspidogaster'' is a genus of
flatworm
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegment ...
s belonging to the family
Aspidogastridae
Aspidogastridae is a family of trematodes
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction oc ...
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The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
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Aspidogaster africana''
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Aspidogaster antipai''
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Aspidogaster ascidiae''
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Aspidogaster chongqingensis''
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Aspidogaster conchicola
''Aspidogaster conchicola'' is a trematode parasite of the Aspidogastrea subclass that commonly infects freshwater clams. It has not been well studied since it is of little economic or medical importance, but ''A. conchicola'' and its fellow aspid ...
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Aspidogaster decatis''
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Aspidogaster ijimai''
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Aspidogaster indica''
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Aspidogaster limacoides
''Aspidogaster limacoides'' is a species of the trematodes in the family Aspidogastridae.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Aspidogaster limacoides'' include:
* Austria - since 2001
Hosts
Hosts of ''Aspidogaster limacoides'' include:
* ''Radix ...
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Aspidogaster nilotica''
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Aspidogaster parabramae''
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Aspidogaster piscicola''
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Aspidogaster tigarai''
References
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Trematoda