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Synonyms. — Heteropliy es CohhoXdj 1866 (probably earlier); Cotylogonhnun Liihe, 
1899; Ccenogonimus Looss, 1899. 
^ This generic diagnosis includes some characters which in reality belong to the 
diagnosis of the subfamily. 
vitello-duct. J^ggs ovoid, 150 // long by 80 p broad. Sporocyst, redia, cercaria, and 
intermediate host undetermined. 
Habitat. — Intestine or (?) gall ducts of man {Homo sapiens) ; Asia. 
The original description by Poirier (1887) is not accessible to me. 
Most authors consider this species identical with Fasciolopsis huskily 
but Moniez (1896) has questioned their identity and Odhner’s (1902) 
recent work seems to prove that the two forms are distinct. 
Fig. 67. — Ventral view of Fasciolopsis rathouisi, enlarged to show the anatomy: ac., acetabulum; 
ex.p., excretory pore; g. p., genital pore; m., mouth with oral sucker; ov., ovary; s. g., shell gland; 
t., testicle; w., uterus; v. g., vitellogene gland; vdt., vitelloduct. (After Poirier, 1887 [from Railliet, 
1893, p. 363, fig. 243].) 
Genus HETEROPHYES« Cobbold, 1866. 
Generic diagnosis. — Fasciolidse: ^ Body small, contractile neck not very sharply 
defined from body; anterior end more contractile; posterior end more or less bluntly 
rounded, plump, and less motile. Skin thickly beset with scale-like spines, except 
for a small area at aboral pole. Oral sucker without thorns; ventral acetabulum 
situated at the border between the anterior more contractile, and aboral plumper, 
less contractile portion of body, and is considerably larger than oral sucker. Tntes- 
;r.^. 
ov 
v.g. 
V. dt. 
t 
vdt. 
