Identification (genus only)?
While only shown as a low-power, low resolution image, there are several features present that should allow you to identify the worms.
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Well well that appears to be a beautiful example of Schistosoma spp with the male (larger) about to engage in lifelong copulation with the female.. bow-chica-bow-bow!!
I would put my head out and suggest that this is Schistosoma mansoni as the tegument is bumpy; the other intestinal Schisto species, Schistosoma japonicum, has a smooth tegument.
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