Trematodes intro Flashcards
all flukes are organ dwelling except for
genus schistosoma
Known as the FLUKES
TREAMATODES
One of which a parasitic flatworm
TREAMATODES
internal parasite of the mollusk and the vertebrae
TREAMATODES
complete lifecycle with at least 2 hosts
TREAMATODES
Primary host where the flukes sexually reproduce:
vertebrae
Leaf-shape
TREAMATODES
trematodes has outer cover called
tegument
trematodes tegument may be smooth or spiny except for
the
blood flukes
Body with holes
TREAMATODES
Bilaterally symmetrical helminths without a body cavity
(Acoelomate)
TREAMATODES
Incomplete digestive tracts
TREAMATODES
Large and fleshy
TREAMATODES/like fasciola and fasciolopsis
trematodes are what shaped
leaf shaped
trematodes:
Enveloped with integument consist of
spines, tubercles, ridges
trematode for attachment and secretion
Enveloped with integument
a form of attachement of trematodes
acetabulum
attachment of trematodes:
Cup shaped (usually found in the anterior part of the
trematode
Suckers
A saucer shaped organ of attachment in flatworms,
Acetabulum
A specialized sucker for parasitic adaptation in
trematodes, by which the worms where able to
attach on the host
Acetabulum
Has fluid -filled between organs
trematodes
no body cavity (acoelomate)
trematodes
Has oral cavity, lymphatics, excretory organs, primitive
nervous system, reproductive organs
trematodes
: In 1 worm, they both have the male and female organs
making them hermaphrodites (parasitic)
TREAMATODES/monoecious