Plagioporus skrjabini
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Plagioporus skrjabini is a species
of a trematode in the family Opecoelidae.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of a trematode in the family Opecoelidae.
Hosts
Hosts of Plagioporus skrjabini include:- Snail Theodoxus fluviatilisTheodoxus fluviatilisTheodoxus fluviatilis, common name the river nerite, is a small species of freshwater and brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites....
serves as the first intermediate hostIntermediate hostA secondary host or intermediate host is a host that harbors the parasite only for a short transition period, during which some developmental stage is completed. For trypanosomes, the cause of sleeping sickness, humans are the primary host, while the tsetse fly is the secondary host... - Sand hoppers are natural additional hosts: Pontogammarus robustoides, Pontogammarus crassus, Dikerogammarus villosusDikerogammarus villosusDikerogammarus villosus, also known as the killer shrimp, is a species of amphipod crustacean native to the Ponto-Caspian region of eastern Europe, but which has become invasive across the western part of the continent. In the areas it has invaded, it lives in a wide range of habitats and will kill...
, Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, Chaetogammarus ischnus and Amathillina cristata. - Definitive hosts are Cobitis taenia, and gobiesGobyThe gobies form the family Gobiidae, which is one of the largest families of fish, with more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most are relatively small, typically less than 10 cm in length...
: Mesogobius batrachocephalusMesogobius batrachocephalusKnout Goby, or Toad goby , is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family from the basin of the Black Sea. The natural area of this species are coastal waters of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine...
, Bighead goby Neogobius kessleri and Monkey goby Neogobius fluviatilis.