''Cardiocephaloides'' is a genus of
flatworms
Platyhelminthes (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") is a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates commonly called ...
belonging to the family
Strigeidae
Strigeidae is a family of trematodes in the order Diplostomida
Diplostomida is an order of trematodes in the subclass Digenea. It is synonymous with Strigeatida Poche, 1926.
Families
Order Diplostomida
*Suborder Diplostomata
**Superfamily Br ...
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Cardiocephaloides brandesii''
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Cardiocephaloides hillii''
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Cardiocephaloides longicollis''
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Cardiocephaloides medioconiger''
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Cardiocephaloides megaloconus''
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Cardiocephaloides physalis''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q45295956
Diplostomida
Trematode genera