Opisthorchiata is a suborder of flatworms in the subclass Digenea.
Families
*Superfamily Opisthorchioidea
Braun, 1901[Braun, M. (1901). Zur revision der Trematoden der Vögel. ''Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie'', 1(29), 895–897.]
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Cryptogonimidae
Cryptogonimidae 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 few ...
Ward, 1917[Ward, H. B. (1917). On the structure and classification of North American parasitic worms. ''The Journal of Parasitology'', 4(1), 1–12.]
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Heterophyidae
Heterophyidae is a family of intestinal trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Description: " Tegument covered by spines. Oral sucker not armed or armed by cyrcumoral spines. Pharynx presented. Genital synus presented. Ventral and genital suc ...
Leiper, 1909[Leiper, R. T. (1909). London School of Tropical Medicine. Report of the helminthologist for the six months ending 30th April, 1908. In, ''Report of the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund for the Year 1908'' (pp. 35–39). London: Tropical Diseases Research Fund, Advisory Committee.]
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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[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.]
References
Protostome suborders
Plagiorchiida
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