Schistosoma

See also: schistosoma

Translingual

Schistosoma japonicum

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “cloven, divided”) +‎ σῶμα (sôma, “body”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split, to cleave”) +‎ -τος (-tos, “able to”), referring to the gynecophoric canal on the dorsal surface of the adult male.

Proper noun

Schistosoma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Schistosomatidae – schistosomes, blood flukes, parasitic flatworms.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Trematoda - infraclass; Diplostomida - order; Schistosomatidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Schistosoma haematobium (bladder fluke), Schistosoma japonicum (blood fluke), Schistosoma mansoni - selected species

Derived terms

• Schistosomatidae
• Schistosomatoidea

Descendants

• → English: schistosome

References

• Schistosoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Schistosoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Schistosoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Schistosoma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Schistosoma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.