Dicrocoelium lanceolatum
(Lancet Liver Fluke)

Interactions where Dicrocoelium lanceolatum 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 liver Ovis aries Sheep (Domestic and Feral), Feral Sheep Artiodactyla: Bovidae 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/Dicrocoeliidae/Dicrocoelium lanceolatum/Dicrocoelium lanceolatumlancet liver flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Ovis aries/Ovis ariessheep (domestic and feral), feral sheepliver
cyst cyst endoparasitises brain FORMICOIDEA ants Hymenoptera 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/Dicrocoeliidae/Dicrocoelium lanceolatum/Dicrocoelium lanceolatumlancet liver flukecyst Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicoidea/Formicoideaantsbrain

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.

Dicrocoelium lanceolatum (Lancet Liver Fluke) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDicrocoelium lanceolatum (Lancet Liver Fluke)
GenusDicrocoelium (a genus of trematode flukes)
FamilyDICROCOELIIDAE (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)

Dicrocoelium lanceolatum (Lancet Liver Fluke) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dicrocoelium lanceolatum (Lancet Liver Fluke):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)