Crepidostomum metoecus (Braun, 1900)
(a fluke)

Interactions where Crepidostomum metoecus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fluke fluke endoparasitises pyloric caecum COTTIDAE sea scorpions and bullheads Scorpaeniformes The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Allocreadiidae/Crepidostomum metoecus/Crepidostomum metoecusa flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Scorpaeniformes/Cottidae/Cottidaesea scorpions and bullheadspyloric caecum
fluke fluke endoparasitises intestine COTTIDAE sea scorpions and bullheads Scorpaeniformes The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Allocreadiidae/Crepidostomum metoecus/Crepidostomum metoecusa flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Scorpaeniformes/Cottidae/Cottidaesea scorpions and bullheadsintestine
fluke fluke endoparasitises pyloric caecum UK/Ireland Salmo trutta Trout, Sea Trout, Brown/Sea Trout Salmoniformes: Salmonidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VII The parasites of Fish with special reference to their use as a source of information about the aquatic community, Kennedy, C.R., 1975
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Allocreadiidae/Crepidostomum metoecus/Crepidostomum metoecusa flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Salmoniformes/Salmonidae/Salmo trutta/Salmo truttatrout, sea trout, brown/sea troutpyloric caecum
fluke fluke endoparasitises intestine UK/Ireland Salmo trutta Trout, Sea Trout, Brown/Sea Trout Salmoniformes: Salmonidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VII The parasites of Fish with special reference to their use as a source of information about the aquatic community, Kennedy, C.R., 1975
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Allocreadiidae/Crepidostomum metoecus/Crepidostomum metoecusa flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Salmoniformes/Salmonidae/Salmo trutta/Salmo truttatrout, sea trout, brown/sea troutintestine
cyst cyst lives within body Gammarus pulex/fossarum agg. freshwater shrimps Amphipoda: Gammaridae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Allocreadiidae/Crepidostomum metoecus/Crepidostomum metoecusa flukecyst Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Amphipoda/Gammaridae/Gammarus pulex/fossarum agg./Gammarus pulex/fossarum agg.freshwater shrimpsbody
xiphidiocercaria xiphidiocercaria endoparasitises body Ampullaceana balthica Wandering Pondsnail, Wandering Snail Lymnaeidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Allocreadiidae/Crepidostomum metoecus/Crepidostomum metoecusa flukexiphidiocercaria Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Lymnaeidae/Ampullaceana balthica/Ampullaceana balthicawandering pondsnail, wandering snailbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.
Kennedy, C.R., 1975The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VII The parasites of Fish with special reference to their use as a source of information about the aquatic communityField Studies 4: 177-189.

Crepidostomum metoecus (a fluke) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCrepidostomum metoecus (a fluke)
GenusCrepidostomum (a genus of trematode flukes)
FamilyALLOCREADIIDAE (a family of trematodes)
OrderPLAGIORCHIIDA (an order of trematodes)
SubclassDIGENEA (flukes with multiple hosts)
ClassTREMATODA (trematode flukes)
PhylumPLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)
SuperphylumPROTOSTOMIA (protostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crepidostomum metoecus (a fluke)

Crepidostomum metoecus (a fluke) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Crepidostomum metoecus (a fluke):

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