Pleurogenes claviger (Rudolphi, 1819)
(a fluke)

Interactions where Pleurogenes claviger is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 intestine Rana frogs Anura: Ranidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Lecithodendriidae/Pleurogenes claviger/Pleurogenes clavigera flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Amphibia/Anura/Ranidae/Rana/Ranafrogsintestine
cyst cyst endoparasitises body cavity of water beetles ADEPHAGA water and ground beetles Coleoptera Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Lecithodendriidae/Pleurogenes claviger/Pleurogenes clavigera flukecyst Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Adephaga/Adephagawater and ground beetlesbody cavitywater beetles
sporocyst sporocyst endoparasitises Lymnaea pond snails Hygrophila: Lymnaeidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Lecithodendriidae/Pleurogenes claviger/Pleurogenes clavigera flukesporocyst Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Hygrophila/Lymnaeidae/Lymnaea/Lymnaeapond snails

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

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPleurogenes claviger (a fluke)
FamilyLECITHODENDRIIDAE (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 Pleurogenes claviger (a fluke)

Pleurogenes claviger (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 Pleurogenes claviger (a fluke):

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