family
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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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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 ...
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Genera
*'' Cloacitrema'' Yamaguti, 1935Yamaguti, S. (1935). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 5. Trematodes of birds. III. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 6, 159–182.
*'' Echinostephilla'' Lebour, 1909Lebour M. V. (1909). Trematodes of the Northumberland Coast, No. III. A Preliminary Note on ''Echinostephilla virgula'', a New Trematode in the Turnstone. ''Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne (New Series)'', 3(2), 440–445.
*'' Parorchis'' Nicoll, 1907Nicoll, W. (1907). ''Parorchis acanthus'', the type of a new genus of trematodes. ''Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science'', 51, 345–355.
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Philophthalmus
''Philophthalmus'' is a genus of trematodes belonging to the family Philophthalmidae.
The species of this genus are found in America and Australia.
Species:
*'' Philophthalmus andersoni''
*'' Philophthalmus attenuatus''
*'' Philophthalmus cot ...
'' Looss, 1899
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Philophthalmus gralli
''Philophthalmus gralli'', commonly known as the Oriental avian eye fluke, parasitises the conjunctival sac of the eyes of many species of birds, including birds of the orders Galliformes and Anseriformes. In Brazil this parasite was reported i ...
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Philophthalmus lacrimosus
''Philophthalmus lacrimosus'' is a species of trematodes in the family Philophthalmidae.
Life cycle
''Philophthalmus lacrimosus'', as adults, parasitize the eyes of birds (definitive host). Eggs containing miracidia hatch in the water, miraci ...
'' Braun, 1902
*'' Pittacium'' Szidat, 1939Szidat, L. (1939). Beiträge zum Aufbau eines natürlichen Systems dur Trematoden. I. Die Entwicklung von ''Echinocercaria choanophila'' u. Szidat zu ''Cathaemasia hians'' und die Ableitung der Fasciolidae von den Echinostomidae. ''Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde'', 11, 239–283.
*'' Pygorchis'' Looss, 1899
*'' Skrjabinovermis'' Belopolskaya, 1954Belopol'skaya, M. M. (1954). Helminth fauna of birds of Sudzukhinsk Reserve (Primor'e). ''Uchenye Zapiski Leningradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta'', 172, 3–34.