Trematoda

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Trematoda
Botulus microporus, a giant digenean parasite from the intestine of a lancetfish
Botulus microporus, a giant digenean parasite from the intestine of a lancetfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Rudolphi, 1808
Subclasses
Aspidogastrea
Digenea

Trematoda (more commonly called Flukes) is the name for a number of species of flatworms. All of them have one or more suckers. They live in the organs of their host animal. Usually the hosts are vertebrates.