🪐 View in 3D Galaxy 📏 View on 3D Scale Stage

🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Clonorchis sinensis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Platyhelminthes

Class

Trematoda

Order

Plagiorchiida

Family

Opisthorchiidae

Genus

Clonorchis

Species

Clonorchis sinensis

Trematoda🥩 Carnivore

Chinese liver fluke

Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke · 肝吸虫)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

1~2.5cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Inside the liver and bile ducts of mammals (parasitic); egg and larval stages pass through freshwater (Parafossarulus manchouricus snails and freshwater fish); Korea, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 An adult length of 25 mm is almost equal to the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (26.5 mm) (Comparison).
💡 Humans become infected through freshwater fish, and about 12 species of fish are known as the main transmitters to humans (ADW).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#간흡충#Clonorchis sinensis

📖 1. Overview

The Chinese liver fluke is a flatworm that parasitizes the liver and bile ducts of mammals such as humans, dogs, and cats. It is distributed in Korea, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Adults are very thin, flattened flukes 10–25 mm long, narrow in front and broad behind. They have an oral sucker and a ventral sucker, lack a circulatory system and body cavity, and may look yellow from absorbing bile.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It lives by feeding on bile. Eggs pass out in feces and go through a first intermediate host, the freshwater snail Parafossarulus manchouricus, and a second intermediate host, freshwater fish, before reaching final hosts such as humans, dogs, cats, and pigs. A single adult lays about 4,000 eggs per day for more than 6 months.