''Echinochasmus'' is a

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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 ...

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Echinochasmidae Echinochasmidae is a family of trematodes 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 signific ...

Species

*'' Echinochasmus cohensi'' Rao, 1951Rao, N. S. K. (1951). ''Echinochasmus cohensi'' n. sp. (family Echinostomatidae, subfamily Echinochasminae) from the sea gull, ''Larus argentatus''. ''Canadian Journal of Zoology'', 29(3), 215–218. *'' Echinochasmus dietzevi'' Issaitschikov, 1927Issaitschikov, I. M. (1927). Russian Helminthological Expedition in the Crimea. In ''Reports of the 28 Helminthological Expeditions in the USSR'' (pp. 110–125). *'' Echinochasmus donaldsoni'' Beaver, 1941Beaver, P. C. (1941). The life history of ''Echinochasmus donaldsoni'' n. sp., a trematode (Echinostomatidae) from the pied-billed grebe. ''The Journal of Parasitology'', 27(4), 347–355. *'' Echinochasmus mohiuddini'' Dharejo, Bilqees & Khan, 2007Dharejo, A. M., Bilqees, F. M. & Khan, M. M. (2007). ''Echinochasmus mohiuddini'', new species (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) from the paddy bird ''Ardeola grayii'' (Ardeidae) of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. ''Pakistan Journal of Zoology'', 39(5), 285–288. *'' Echinochasmus mordax'' (Looss, 1899)Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus ''Distomum'' Retzius. ''Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere'', 12, 521–784. *'' Echinochasmus skrjabini'' (Oshmarin, 1947)Oshmarin, P. G. (1947). Description of two new species of trematode from the liver of the birds in connection with the analysis of phylogenetic relationships. ''Trudy Gor'kovskogo Gosudarstvennogo Pedagogicheskogo Instituta'', 12, 33–47. *''Echinochasmus perfoliatus''

References

Echinostomata Plagiorchiida genera {{trematoda-stub