Echinostoma revolutum

Echinostoma revolutum
Two specimens of Echinostoma revolutum, from:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Echinostomatidae
Genus: Echinostoma
Species:
E. revolutum
Binomial name
Echinostoma revolutum
(Fröhlich, 1802) Looss, 1899
Synonyms
  • E. armatum Barker & Irvine, 1915
  • E. audyi Lie & Umathevy, 1965
  • E. columbae Zunker, 1925
  • E. dilatatum (Miram, 1940) Cobbold, 1860
  • E. echinocephalum (Rudolphi, 1819) Cobbold, 1860
  • E. erraticum Lutz, 1924
  • E. ivaniosi Mahandas, 1973
  • E. limicoli Johnson, 1920
  • E. mendax Dietz, 1909
  • E. microrchis Lutz, 1924
  • E. neglectum Lutz, 1924
  • E. nephrocystis Lutz, 1924
  • E. oxycephalum (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, 1896
  • E. revolutum tenuicollis Bashikirova, 1941
  • E. revolutum var. japonicum Kurisu, 1932
  • E. stromi Bashikirova, 1946
  • E. sudanense Odhner, 1910

Echinostoma revolutum is a trematode parasite of which the adults can infect birds and mammals, including humans. In humans, it causes echinostomiasis.