Dicrocoelium
Synonyms
Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Dicrocoelium dendriticums
Dicrocoelium lanceolatum
Dicrocoelium lanceolatums
Dicrocoeliums
Fasciola dendritica
Fasciola dendriticas
Fasciola lanceolata
Fasciola lanceolatas
dendritica, Fasciola
dendriticums, Dicrocoelium
lanceolata, Fasciola
lanceolatums, Dicrocoelium
A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Dicrocoeliidae which includes the species dendriticum and hospes. It occurs in the biliary passages or liver of many vertebrates including man. The intermediate hosts are mainly mollusks but occasionally ants.