Fasciola

Fasciola est genus vermium planorum parasiticorum classis Trematodorum. Cui generi sunt duae species: Fasciola hepatica et Fasciola gigantica, cum hybridis inter species. Ambae species iecur multorum mammalium inficiunt, hominibus non exclusis, morbum fasciolosem efficientes. Fasciola hepatica usque ad 30 millimetra longa et 15 millimetra lata, Fasciola gigantica usque ad 75 millimetra longa et 15 millimetra lata est..

Species
Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758
Fasciola gigantica Cobbold, 1855Cobbold, T. S. (1855), "Description of a new trematode worm (Fasciola gigantica)," The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, New Series 2: 262–67. 
 Hybrida vel numeri introgressi Fasciola gigantica × Fasciola hepaticaYoung N. D., Jex A. R., Cantacessi C., Hall R. S., Campbell B. E. et al. (2011), "A Portrait of the Transcriptome of the Neglected Trematode, Fasciola gigantica—Biological and Biotechnological Implications," PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5 (2): e1004. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001004.

Notae

Categoria:Species animalium
Categoria:Taxa Linnaei
Categoria:Taxa 1758
Categoria:Trematoda