Department of Zoology at ANDC/Zoology Museum/Permanent slides/Platyhelminthes

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=Schistosoma=
 * Common name : liver fluke
 * Habit and Habitat : lives in hepatic portal system and mesenteric vessesls of man.
 * Body form and colour : slender and pink
 * Sexual dimorphism : present, female is longer than male and lives permanently in gynecophoric canals.
 * Gynecophoric canals : formed by folding of ventral body wall.
 * Suckers : oral and ventral suckers present in both male and female.
 * Digestive system : Simple,has oesophagus and intestine(forked).
 * Reproductive system : Male has testes(4-5),vasadeferens and seminal vesicle. Female has ovary(elongated),oviduct and uterus.
 * Intermediate host : Snails
 * Disease caused : Schistosomiasis