Plagiorchiida is a large
order of
trematodes
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive ...
, synonymous to Echinostomida. They belong to the
Digenea, a large
subclass of
flukes. This order contains relatively few significant
parasite
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of lif ...
s of humans.
The following
families
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
are placed here, organised by
superfamily
SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...
and
suborder
Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
:
[Jones, A., Bray, R. A., & Gibson, D. I. (Eds.). (2002). ''Keys to the Trematoda'' (Vol. 1). CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum.]
*
Apocreadiata
** Apocreadioidea
Skrjabin, 1942
***
Apocreadiidae
Apocreadiidae is a family of parasitic worms in the class Trematoda.
Characteristics
Members of the family are characterised by having extensive vitelline (yolk producing) follicles, eye-spot pigment dispersed in the front half of the body, a ro ...
Skrjabin, 1942
*
Bivesiculata
** Bivesiculoidea
***
Bivesiculidae Yamaguti, 1934
*
Bucephalata
** Bucephaloidea
Poche, 1907
***
Bucephalidae Poche, 1907
***
Nuitrematidae Kurochkin, 1975
*
Echinostomata
** Echinostomatoidea
Looss, 1902
***
Caballerotrematidae Tkach, Kudlai & Kostadinova, 2016
***
Calycodidae Dollfus, 1929
***
Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902
***
Echinochasmidae
Echinochasmidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
*''Echinochasmus
''Echinochasmus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Echinochasmidae.
Species
*''Echinochasmus cohensi'' Rao, 1951Rao, N. S. K. (1951). ''Ec ...
Odhner, 1910
***
Echinostomatidae
Echinostomatidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida, first described in 1899.Fuhrmann, O. (1928). ''Zweite Klasse des Cladus Platyhelminthes: Trematoda''. Berlin & Leipzig: Kükenthal's Handbuch der Zoologie.
Subdivisions
Th ...
Looss, 1899
***
Fasciolidae
Fasciolidae is a Family (biology), family of Trematoda, trematodes and includes several parasites involved in the veterinary and medical sciences, which cause the disease Fasciolosis. Fasciolidae is divided into five genus, genera by Olson et al. ...
Railliet, 1895
***
Himasthlidae Odhner, 1910
***
Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899
***
Psilostomidae Looss, 1900
***
Rhytidodidae Odhner, 1926
***
Typhlocoelidae Harrah, 1922
*
Gymnophallata
** Gymnophalloidea
Odhner, 1905
***
Botulisaccidae
Botulisaccidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Botulisaccus'' Caballero y C., Bravo-Hollis & Grocott, 1955
References
Plagiorchiida
{{Trematoda-stub ...
Yamaguti, 1971
***
Fellodistomidae
Fellodistomidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
References
Plagiorchiida
Trematode families
{{Trematoda-stub ...
Nicoll, 1909
***
Gymnophallidae Odhner, 1905
***
Tandanicolidae Johnston, 1927
*
Haploporata
** Haploporoidea
Nicoll, 1914
***
Atractotrematidae Yamaguti, 1939
***
Haploporidae
Haploporidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
The genera are organised by their subfamily.
*Chalcinotrematinae Overstreet & Curran, 2005
**'' Chalicinotrema'' Texeira de Freitas, 1947
**'' Paralecithobotrys'' Teixe ...
Nicoll, 1914
*
Haplosplanchnata
Haplosplanchnidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Discocephalotrema'' Machida, 1993
* '' Haplosplanchnoides'' Nahhas & Cable, 1964
* '' Haplosplanchnus'' Looss, 1902
References
{{Taxonbar, ...
** Haplosplanchnoidea
Poche, 1925
***
Haplosplanchnidae
Haplosplanchnidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Discocephalotrema'' Machida, 1993
* '' Haplosplanchnoides'' Nahhas & Cable, 1964
* '' Haplosplanchnus'' Looss, 1902
References
{{Taxonbar, ...
Poche, 1926
*
Hemiurata
** Azygioidea
Lühe, 1909
***
Azygiidae Lühe, 1909
** Hemiuroidea
Looss, 1899
***
Accacoeliidae
Accacoeliidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* ''Accacladium'' Odhner, 1928
* ''Accacladocoelium'' Odhner, 1928
* ''Accacoelium'' Monticelli, 1893
* ''Odhnerium'' Yamaguti, 1934
* ''Orophocotyle'' Looss, ...
Odhner, 1911
***
Bathycotylidae Dollfus, 1932
***
Derogenidae
Derogenidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Subdivisions
Derogenidae contains 22 genera arranged in two subfamilies, with one being unassigned.
* Subfamily Derogeninae Nicoll, 1910
** ''Derogenes'' Lühe, 1900
** ' ...
Nicoll, 1910
***
Dictysarcidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955
***
Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888
***
Gonocercidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955
***
Hemiuridae Looss, 1899
***
Hirudinellidae
Hirudinellidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* ''Botula
''Botula'' is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae
Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve mollusc ...
Dollfus, 1932
***
Isoparorchiidae
Isoparorchiidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Isoparorchis'' Southwell, 1913
References
Plagiorchiida
{{Trematoda-stub ...
Travassos, 1922
***
Lecithasteridae
Lecithasteridae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Acanthuritrema'' Yamaguti, 1970
* '' Aponurus'' Looss, 1907
* '' Assitrema'' Parukhin, 1976
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10556135
Plagior ...
Odhner, 1905
***
Ptychogonimidae
Ptychogonimidae is a family of trematode
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occu ...
Dollfus, 1937
***
Sclerodistomidae Odhner, 1927
***
Sclerodistomoididae
Sclerodistomoididae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Sclerodistomoides'' Kamegai, 1971
References
Plagiorchiida
Trematode families
{{trematoda-stub ...
Gibson & Bray, 1979
***
Syncoeliidae
Syncoeliidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Copiatestes'' Crowcroft, 1948
* '' Otiotrema'' Setti, 1897
* '' Paronatrema'' Dollfus, 1937
* '' Syncoelium'' Looss, 1899
References
{{Taxonbar, from= ...
Looss, 1899
*
Heronimata
** Heronimoidea
Ward, 1918
***
Heronimidae
Heronimidae is a family of digenean trematode parasites consisting of a single genus with a single species.Pearson, J. C. (1992). On the position of the digenean family Heronimidae: an inquiry into a cladistic classification of the Digenea. ''Sys ...
Ward, 1918
*
Lepocreadiata
** Lepocreadioidea
Odhner, 1905
***
Aephnidiogenidae
Aephnidiogenidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
*''Aephnidiogenes'' Nicoll, 1915Nicoll, W. (1915). The trematode parasites of north Queensland. III. Parasites of fishes. ''Parasitology'', 8(1), 22–41.
*''Austroh ...
Yamaguti, 1934
***
Deropristidae Cable & Hunninen, 1942
***
Enenteridae
Enenteridae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Enenterageitus'' Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
* '' Enenterum'' Linton, 1910
* '' Koseiria'' Nagaty, 1942
* '' Neoenenterum'' Bilqees & Khatoon, 2004
* '' ...
Yamaguti, 1958
***
Gorgocephalidae
Gorgocephalidae is a family of trematode
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occu ...
Manter, 1966
***
Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929
***
Lepidapedidae
Lepidapedidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Allolepidapedon'' Yamaguti, 1940
* '' Bulbocirrus'' Yamaguti, 1965
* '' Gibsonia'' Gaevskaya & Rodyuk, 1988
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2132 ...
Yamaguti, 1958
***
Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905
***
Lepocreadioidea
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, org ...
incertae sedis
***
Liliatrematidae
Liliatrematidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Liliatrema'' Gubanov, 1953
References
Plagiorchiida
{{Trematoda-stub ...
Gubanov, 1953
*
Monorchiata
** Monorchioidea
Odhner, 1911
***
Lissorchiidae
Lissorchiidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Alloplagiorchis'' Simer, 1931
* '' Asaccotrema'' Sokolov & Gordeev, 2019
* '' Asymphylodora'' Looss, 1899
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5032528 ...
Magath, 1917
***
Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911
*
Opisthorchiata
** Opisthorchioidea
Braun, 1901
***
Cryptogonimidae Ward, 1917
***
Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909
***
Opisthorchiidae
Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.
The most medically important species in the family Opisthorchiidae are '' Clonorchis sinensis'', '' Opisthorchis viverrini'', and '' Opisthorchis ...
Looss, 1899
*
Pronocephalata
** Paramphistomoidea
Fischoeder, 1901
***
Cladorchiidae
Cladorchiidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Allassostoma'' Stunkard, 1916
* '' Allassostomoides'' Stunkard, 1924
* '' Alphamphistoma'' Thatcher & Jégu, 1996
References
{{Taxonbar, fro ...
Fischoeder, 1901
***
Mesometridae Poche, 1926
***
Microscaphidiidae
Microscaphidiidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Angiodictyum'' Looss, 1902
* '' Curumai'' Travassos, 1961
* '' Denticauda'' Fukui, 1929
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5032148
Platyhelmin ...
Looss, 1900
***
Paramphistomidae
Paramphistomidae is a family of trematodes in the order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherei ...
Fischoeder, 1901
** Pronocephaloidea
Looss, 1899
***
Labicolidae
Labicolidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Labicola'' Blair, 1979
References
Plagiorchiida
{{trematoda-stub ...
Blair, 1979
***
Notocotylidae
Notocotylidae is a family of trematodes in the order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein t ...
Lühe, 1909
***
Nudacotylidae Barker, 1916
***
Opisthotrematidae
Opisthotrematidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Folitrema'' Blair, 1981
* '' Lankatrema'' Crusz & Fernand, 1954
* '' Lankatrematoides'' Blair, 1981
* '' Moniligerum'' Dailey, Vogelbein & Forrester, ...
Poche, 1926
***
Pronocephalidae
Pronocephalidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Adenogaster'' Looss, 1901
* '' Astrochis'' Poche, 1925
* '' Buckarootrema'' Platt & Brooks, 2001
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5033367
Pla ...
Looss, 1899
***
Rhabdiopoeidae
Rhabdiopoeidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Faredifex'' Blair, 1981
* '' Haerator'' Blair, 1981
* '' Rhabdiopoeus'' Johnston, 1913
* '' Taprobanella'' Crusz & Fernand, 1954
References
{{Taxonba ...
Poche, 1926
*
Transversotremata
** Transversotrematoidea
Witenberg, 1944
***
Transversotrematidae Witenberg, 1944
*
Xiphidiata
Xiphidiata is a suborder of Plagiorchiida, an order of parasitic flatworms (fluke
Fluke may refer to:
Biology
* Fluke (fish), a species of marine flatfish
* Fluke (tail), the lobes of the tail of a cetacean, such as dolphins or whales, ic ...
**
Brachycladioidea Odhner, 1905
***
Acanthocolpidae
Acanthocolpidae is a family of trematodes 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 fe ...
Lühe, 1906
***
Brachycladiidae
Brachycladiidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* ''Balanorchis'' Fischoeder, 1901
* ''Brachycladium'' Looss, 1899
* ''Campula'' Cobbold, 1858
* ''Cetitrema'' A.S.Skrjabin, 1970
* ''Hunterotrema'' Mclntosh, ...
Odhner, 1905
** Gorgoderoidea
Looss, 1901
***
Allocreadiidae
Allocreadiidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
The family includes about 40 genera, including:
* '' Acanthocreadium'' Mikailov, 1969
* '' Acrolichanus'' Ward, 1917
* ''Allocreadium
''Allocreadium'' is a ...
Looss, 1902
***
Anchitrematidae Mehra, 1935
***
Braunotrematidae Yamaguti, 1958
***
Callodistomidae
Callodistomidae is a family of trematode
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occ ...
Odhner, 1910
***
Dicrocoeliidae Looss, 1899
***
Gorgoderidae
Gorgoderidae is a family of trematodes in the order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein t ...
Looss, 1899
***
Mesocoeliidae Faust, 1924
***
Orchipedidae
Orchipedidae is a family of trematodes in the suborder Xiphidiata.
References
Orchipedidae at animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
Trematode families
{{trematode-stub ...
Skrjabin, 1913
** Microphalloidea
Ward, 1901
***
Diplangidae
Diplangidae is a family of trematode
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, ...
Yamaguti, 1971
***
Exotidendriidae
Exotidendriidae is a family of trematode
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occu ...
Mehra, 1935
***
Faustulidae
Faustulidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Allofellodistomum'' Yamaguti, 1971
* '' Antorchis'' Linton, 1911
* '' Bacciger'' Nicoll, 1914
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10494373
Plagiorc ...
Poche, 1926
***
Microphallidae Ward, 1901
***
Pachypsolidae Yamaguti, 1958
***
Phaneropsolidae
Phaneropsolidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* ''Microtrema
Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.
The most medically important species in ...
Mehra, 1935
***
Pleurogenidae Looss, 1899
***
Prosthogonimidae
The Prosthogonimidae are a family of trematodes. They are part of the huge of the suborder Xiphidiata in the order Plagiorchiida. The adults of these parasites occur in the bursa of Fabricius, caecum, cloaca, liver, oviduct and sometimes eve ...
Lühe, 1909
***
Renicolidae
Renicolidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Nephromonorcha'' Leonov, 1958
* '' Renicola'' Cohn, 1904
References
Plagiorchiida
{{Trematoda-stub ...
Dollfus, 1939
***
Zoogonidae Odhner, 1902
** Opecoelioidea
Ozaki, 1925
***
Batrachotrematidae
Batrachotrematidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
The following genera are described severally, and by Rizvi, ''et al.'' (2012):Rizvi, A. N., Bursey, C. R. & Bhutia, P. T. (2012). Three new species of Digenea (Ba ...
Dollfus & Williams, 1966
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Opecoelidae
Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes.Bray, Rodney A., Cribb, Thomas H., Littlewood, D. Timothy J. & Waesc ...
Ozaki, 1925
***
Zdzitowieckitrema Sokolov, Lebedeva, Gordeev & Khasanov, 2019
** Plagiorchioidea
Lühe, 1901
***
Auridistomidae
Auridistomidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Auridistomum'' Stafford, 1905
* ''Patagium
The patagium (plural: patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gl ...
Lühe, 1901
***
Brachycoeliidae
Brachycoeliidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Brachycoelium'' Dujardin, 1845
* '' Brachycoelium'' Stiles & Hassall, 1898
* '' Cymatocarpus'' Looss, 1899
* '' Parabrachycoelium'' Pérez-Ponce de Leo ...
Looss, 1899
***
Cephalogonimidae
Cephalogonimidae is a family of trematode parasites characterized by a genital pore located anterior to the oral sucker, at the apex of the body.Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I., & Jones, A. (2008). ''Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 3''. CAB Internation ...
Looss, 1899
***
Choanocotylidae
Choanocotylidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Auriculotrema'' Platt, 2003
References
Plagiorchiida
{{Trematoda-stub ...
Jue Sue & Platt, 1998
***
Echinoporidae
Echinoporidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Echinoporus''
References
{{trematoda-stub
Plagiorchiida ...
Krasnolobova & Timofeeva, 1965
***
Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931
***
Leptophallidae Dayal, 1938
***
Macroderoididae
Macroderoididae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
Genera:
* ''Alloglossidium'' Simer, 1929
* ''Alloglyptus'' Byrd, 1950
* ''Allomacroderoides'' Watson, 1976
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5014116
Plag ...
McMullen, 1937
***
Meristocotylidae
Meristocotylidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Meristocotyle'' Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964
References
Plagiorchiida
{{Trematoda-stub ...
Fischthal & Kuntz, 1981
***
Ocadiatrematidae
Ocadiatrematidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Ocadiatrema'' Fischthal & Kuntz, 1981
References
Plagiorchiida
Trematode families
{{Trematoda-stub ...
Fischthal & Kuntz, 1981
***
Orientocreadiidae
Orientocreadiidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* ''Macrotrema
''Macrotrema caligans'' is a species of swamp eel native to Peninsular Malaysia and the Mae Nam Chao Praya basin in Thailand. The male ...
Yamaguti, 1958
***
Plagiorchiidae Lühe, 1901
***
Styphlotrematidae Baer, 1924
***
Telorchiidae Looss, 1899
***
Thrinascotrematidae Jue Sue & Platt, 1999
***
Urotrematidae Poche, 1926
**
Troglotrematoidea Odhner, 1914
***
Paragonimidae Dollfus, 1939
***
Troglotrematidae
Troglotrematidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera:
* '' Beaveria'' Lee, 1965
* '' Macroorchis'' Goto, 1919
* '' Nanophyetus'' Chapin, 1927
* '' Nephrotrema'' Baer, 1931
* '' Pseudotroglotrema'' Yamaguti, 19 ...
Odhner, 1914
References
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Platyhelminthes orders