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Echinochasmidae is a
family 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 ...
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 host ...
in 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, organ ...
.


Genera

*'' Echinochasmus'' Dietz, 1909Dietz, E. (1909). Die Echinostomatiden der Vogel. ''Zoologiscne Anzeiger'', 34, 180–192. *'' Stephanoprora'' Odhner, 1902Odhner, T. (1902). Trematoden aus Reptilien nebst allgemeinen systematischen Bemerkungen. ''Öfversigt af Konglige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm'', 1, 19–45.


References

Echinostomata Trematode families {{trematoda-stub