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
- 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.