Prosthogonimus ovatus is a species of a trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Prosthogonimidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Prosthogonimidae |
| Genus: | Prosthogonimus |
| Species: | P. ovatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Prosthogonimus ovatus (Rudolphi, 1803)
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Life cycle
editThe first intermediate hosts of Prosthogonimus ovatus include freshwater snails:
The definitive host lives in the oviducts of corn crake Crex crex.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Prosthogonimus ovatus", as Bithynia leachei (sic!), accessed July 23, 2011.
External links
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