Proterodiplostomidae is a
monotypic
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family
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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 ...
in the
order
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Diplostomida
Diplostomida is an order of trematodes in the subclass Digenea. It is synonymous with Strigeida Poche, 1926.
Families
Order Diplostomida
*Suborder Diplostomata
**Superfamily Brachylaimoidea Joyeux & Foley, 1930
*** Brachylaimidae Joyeux & Foley ...
. It consists of one
subfamily, Polycotylinae Monticelli, 1888,
[Monticelli, F. S. (1888). ''Saggio di una morfologia del trematodi. Tesi per ottenere la privata docenza in ''Zoologia nella'' R.'' Naples: Università di Napoli: Stabilimento Tipografico Fili, Ferrante.] which consists of one
genus
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, ''Cheloniodiplostomum'' Sudarikov, 1960,
[Sudarikov, V. E. (1960). Strigeidida: Diplostomatidae. In Skryabin, K. I. (Ed.), ''Trematodes of animals and man. Principles of trematodology''. Moscow: Nauka.] which consists of four species: ''
Cheloniodiplostomum argentinense
Proterodiplostomidae is a monotypic family of trematodes in the order Diplostomida. It consists of one subfamily, Polycotylinae Monticelli, 1888,Monticelli, F. S. (1888). ''Saggio di una morfologia del trematodi. Tesi per ottenere la privata doc ...
'' Palumbo & Diaz, 2018;
[Palumbo, E. & Diaz, J. (2018). New species and new record of the genus ''Cheloniodiplostomum'' (Trematoda: Proterodiplostomidae: Polycotylinae), parasites of freshwater turtles from Argentina. ''Parasitology Research'', , 1–7.] ''
Cheloniodiplostomum breve'' (MacCallum, 1921);
[MacCallum, G. (1926). Revue du genre ''Spirorchis'' MacCallum. ''Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée'', 4(1), 97–103.] ''
Cheloniodiplostomum delillei
Proterodiplostomidae is a monotypic family of trematodes in the order Diplostomida. It consists of one subfamily, Polycotylinae Monticelli, 1888,Monticelli, F. S. (1888). ''Saggio di una morfologia del trematodi. Tesi per ottenere la privata doc ...
'' (Zerecero, 1947);
[Zerecero, M. C. (1947). Posición sistemática de ''Diplostomum brevis'' y ''D. cinosterni'' MacCallum, 1921, y descripción de un nuevo trematodo parásito de ''Chelydra serpentina'' (L. 1758). ''Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico'', 18, 507–516.] and ''
Cheloniodiplostomum testudinis'' (Dubois, 1936).
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References
Diplostomida
Trematode families
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