1) Genus schistosoma 2) Member of the order digenea 3) Worm genus 
Schistosoma curassoni Schistosoma datta Schistosoma edwardiense Schistosoma guineensis Schistosoma haematobium Schistosoma harinasutai Schistosoma hippotami Schistosoma incognitum Schistosoma indicum Schistosoma intercalatum Schistosoma japonicum Schistosoma kisumuensis Schistosoma leiperi Schistosoma malayensis Schistosoma mansoni Schistosoma mar...
fluke genus, three members of which are well known for causing the disease schistosomiasis (q.v.). See also fluke.
A genus of trematode flukes belonging to the family schistosomatidae. There are over a dozen species. These parasites are found in man and other mammals. Snails are the intermediate hosts. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
(shis″-) (skis″to-so´mә) the blood flukes or schistosomes, a genus of trematodes that includes several species parasitic in the blood of humans and domestic animals. The species causing human schistosomiasis include S. haemato´bium in Africa and the Middle East; S. intercala´tum in Central a...
Type: Term Pronunciation: skis′tō-sō′mă Definitions: 1. A genus of digenetic trematodes, including the important blood flukes of humans and domestic animals, which cause schistosomiasis; characterized by elongate shape, by marked sexual dimorphism, by their unusual location in the smaller blood vessels of their host, and ...
Schistosoma is a member of the order Digenea.
[n] - type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes
genus Schistosoma noun type genus of the family Schistosomatidae: blood flukes