Biology
Infecting location: Venous system in particular mesentery and urinary tract
Causes
Schistosomiasis
Rhinitis (S. nasalis)
Zooanthroponosis in baboon (S. mansoni)
Amphixenosis (S. japonicum)
Anatomical morphology
2 genders: male and female
Male: dorsoventrally flattened body
Male: having gynecophoric canal for copulation
Female: Slender thread body
Spiny integument in male
2 large adjacent suckers; oral and ventral suckers