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Where do trematodes live?
Geographic range: Human blood flukes live in the warm regions of the world, especially South America, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Habi...
What environment do blood flukes live in?
Flukes can be found in any place where untreated human waste is utilized as manure. Few flukes (Fasciola hepatica) live on the gills, skin, or outside...
What do flukes live on?
Flukes can be found in any place where untreated human waste is utilized as manure. Few flukes (Fasciola hepatica) live on the gills, skin, or outside...
How do liver flukes reproduce?
Liver flukes reproduce both sexually and asexually. Adults are hermaphroditic, capable of both cross- and self-fertilization. The larvae stage known a...
How do flukes feed?
Trematodes are parasitic flatworms commonly known as flukes. These flattened oval or worm-shaped creatures feed off their hosts' blood using muscular,...
What does a fluke look like?
The symmetrical body of a fluke is covered with a noncellular cuticle. Most are flattened and leaflike or ribbonlike, although some are stout and circ...
Planarians flukes and leeches are?
Are planarians parasitic?Why are planarians and flukes called flatworms?Are flukes free-living or parasitic?Which of these are flatworms?Do leeches h...