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TheEyeDistome— AGAMODISTOMUM OPHTHALMOBIUM« (Diesing, 1850) 
Stossich, 1892 — of Man. 
[Figs. 1 to 4.] 
Specific diagnosis. — Agamodistomurn: Body ovate-lanceolate, variable, one-fourth 
to one-half line long, one-sixth of a line broad. Mouth terminal to subterminal, 
orbicular. Acetabulum one-third larger than oral sucker, subcentral, with circular 
aperture. 
Habitat. — Between crystalline lens and its capsule, in eye of man {Homo sapiens), 
in Dresden. 
<^Synonyms. — “Distomen” Ammon, 1833; Distoma oculi humani Gescheidt, 1833; 
Distomum ophthalmohiiun Diesing, 1850; Distoma opldhedmohium (Diesing, 1850) 
Kuchenmeister, 1855; Dicrocoelium oculi humani (Gescheidt, 1833) Weinland, 1858; 
^Histoma oculare Xordmann” of Moquin-Tandon, 1860; Fasciola ocidaris 3Ioquin- 
Tandon, 1860; Fasciola ocuUs Moquin-Tandon, 1861; Distoma ocular de Bonis, 1882; 
Agamodistomurn ophthabnobium (Diesing, 1850) Stossich, 1892; ‘IDicroccelium lanceatum 
Stiles & Hassall, 1896 [see p. 29]; “Distom. ohuli humani Ammon” of Schneidemuhl, 
1896. 
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