Echinostoma cinetorchis

Echinostoma cinetorchis is a species of human intestinal fluke, a trematode in the family Echinostomatidae.

Echinostoma cinetorchis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Echinostomatidae
Genus:	Echinostoma
Species:	E. cinetorchis
Binomial name
Echinostoma cinetorchis Ando & Ozaki, 1923[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Korea.^[2]

Hosts

Hosts of Echinostoma cinetorchis include:

• Cipangopaludina chinensis (Gray, 1834) – Chinese mystery snail, an intermediate host^[2]
• Austropeplea ollula – as a first and main intermediate host^[3]
• Note on Hippeutis (Helicorbis) cantori – this species had previously been reported as first and second intermediate host, but in a subsequent study in a laboratory setting, the species was not able to be infected at all.^[4]
• Segmentina hemispaerula as a first and second intermediate host in Korea, based on laboratory work.^[4]
• Gyraulus convexiusculus as a potential first and second intermediate host in Korea, based on laboratory work.^[4]

Experimentally induced infection of host species that occur in Korea in a laboratory setting include:^[5]

From miracidia to cercaria, i.e. as a primary intermediate host:

• Hippeutis sp. – experimentally induced infection^[5]

From cercaria to metacercaria, i.e. as a second intermediate host:

• • Hippeutis sp. – experimentally induced infection^[5]
  • Radix auricularia subspecies corecna – experimentally induced infection^[5]
  • Physella acuta, listed as Physa acuta – experimentally induced infection^[5]

and to a very small extent, due to the mostly lethal effect of the infection,

• • Cipangopaludina sp. – experimentally induced infection^[5]