1st 2nd

Scientific Diagnostic Intermediate Intermediate

Name Common Name Infective Stage Disease Feature Hosts Hosts

Liver Fluke

Snail: Lymnae
Conical philippinensis, Watercress,
Fasciola projection at Lymnae grass, Ipomea
Sheep liver fluke Metacercaria Fascioliasis
hepatica anterior end; swinhoe, obscura,
shouldered Lymnae Ipomea reptans
truncatula

Larger than F. Aquatic snails:

hepatica; Lymnae
Fasciola
Giant liver fluke Metacercaria Fascioliasis lanceolate; auricularia, Aquatic plants
gigantica
shorter cephalic Lymnae
cone acuminata

Snail: Fish:
Clonorchis Chinese liver Smaller ventral
Metacercaria Clonorchiasis Parafossarulus Ctenopharyngod
sinensis fluke sucker; egg:
manchoricus, on idellus
 old-fashioned fresh water
electric bulb snails

Fish: Idus
Lancet-shaped;
melanotus,
Opistorchis smaller oral
Cat liver fluke Metacercaria Opisthorchiasis Snails Tinca tinca,
felineus sucker than
Cyprinus carpio,
ventral
Barbus barbus

Intestinal Fluke

Snails: Trapa bicornis,

Elongated, oval; Segmentina Ellocharis
Fasciolopsis Giant intestinal
Metacercaria Fasciolopsiasis spines; no trocholdeus, tuberosa,
buski fluke
cephalic cone Hippeutis Ipomea
umblicalis aquatica, Lotus

Snails: Gyraulus Snails: Pila

Circumoral disk
Echinostoma convexlusculus, luzonica,
Garrison's Fluke Metacercaria Echinostomiasis around oral
ilocanum Hippeutis Vivipara
sucker
umbilicalis angularis
 Very small oral
Heterophyes sucker; large Snails: Pironela Fish: Mugil,
Heterophid fluke Metacercaria Heterophyiasis
heterophyes ventral sucker; conica Acanthogobius
shouldered

Large ventral
sucker to the Fish: Salmo,
Metagonimus Snails: Thiara,
Yokogawa fluke Metacercaria Metagonimiasis right of the Richarsonlum,
yokogawai Hua
middle; unequal Odontoburis
oval testes

Fish: Ambassis
burensis, Claris
Haplorchis Minute intestinal Snails: Thiara batrachus,
Metacercaria
taichui fluke riquetti Gerris kapas,
Therapon
plumbeus

Lung Fluke

Paragonimus Oriental Lung Thick Antemelania, Crab:

Metacercaria Paragonimiasis
westermani fluke abopercular Asperata Sundathelpusa
 end; equal oral aspirata, philippina,
and ventral Antemelania Parathelpusa
sucker dactylus grapsoides

BLOOD FLUKE/ PORTAL VEIN FLUKE

Intermediate
Scientific Name Common Name Infective Stage Disease Habitat Specimen Hosts

Katayama's
disease, Oncomelania
Schistosoma Oriental Blood Superior Veins
Metacercaria Intestinal and Stool hupensis
japonicum fluke of S. Intestines
hepatic quadrasi
schistomiasis

Biomphalaria,
Schistosoma Manson's Blood Intestinal Inferior veins of
Metacercaria Stool Australorbis,
mansoni fluke Bilarzhiasis L. Intestine
Tropicorbis

Bladder fluke, Urinary Portal vein of Biomphalaria,

Schistosoma
Vesical blood Metacercaria bilarzhiasis, the urinary 24 hr urine Bulinus,
haematobium
fluke hematuria bladder Physopsis