Prosthogonimus ovatus explained

Prosthogonimus ovatus is a species of a trematodes, or fluke worms, in the family Prosthogonimidae.

Life cycle

The first intermediate hosts of Prosthogonimus ovatus include freshwater snails:

• Anisus spirorbis
• Bithynia leachii^[1]
• Bithynia tentaculata^[1]
• Planorbarius corneus^[1]

The definitive host lives in the oviducts of corn crake Crex crex.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723233900/http://wildlife1.wildlifeinformation.org/S/0zAPlat_Trematod/Plag_Hapl_Prosthogonimus/Prosthogonimus_ovatus.htm "Prosthogonimus ovatus"