''Allocreadiidae'' is a family of
flatworm
Platyhelminthes (from the Greek language, Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") is a Phylum (biology), phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, Segmentation (biology), ...
s belonging to the order
Plagiorchiida
Plagiorchiida is a large order of trematodes, synonymous to Echinostomida. They belong to the Digenea, a large subclass of flukes. This order contains relatively few significant parasites of humans.
The following families are placed here, ...
.
In their adult stage they parasitize teleosts through their digestive system; they can also parasitize other vertebrates in freshwater ecosystems such as frogs, salamanders, and snakes.
''Allocreadiidae'' are distinguished from other Trematoda in the
cercarial stage, where the cercaria have both an eye-spot and a
stylet.
The cercaria of ''Allocreadiidae'' also develop in
lamellibranchs, whereas many other trematodes develop in
gastropods
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. Ther ...
.
Genera
The family includes about 40 genera, including:
* ''
Acanthocreadium''
Mikailov, 1969
*''
Acrolichanus''
Ward, 1917
*''
Allobunodera''
Yamaguti, 1971
* ''
Allocreadium
''Allocreadium'' is a genus of trematodes belonging to the family Allocreadiidae. The genus was first described by Arthur Looss in 1900. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the ra ...
''
Looss, 1900
* ''
Bunodera''
Railliet, 1896
* ''
Bunoderella''
Schell, 1964
* ''
Bunoderina''
Miller, 1936
* ''
Caudoterina''
Martin, 1966
* ''
Crepidostomum''
Braun, 1900
* ''
Creptotrema''
Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928
* ''
Creptotrematina''
Yamaguti, 1954
* ''
Culeotrema''
Lasee, Font & Sutherland, 1988
* ''
Paracreptotrematina''
Amin & Myer, 1982
* ''
Polylekithium''
Arnold, 1934
* ''
Pseudoallocreadium''
Yamaguti, 1971
* ''
Margotrema''
Lamothe-Argumedo, 1970
* ''
Trematichtys''
Vaz, 1932
References
Plagiorchiida
Trematode families
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