Aporocotylidae is a family 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 ...
within the order
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, ...
, which contains species commonly known as fish blood flukes. It contains more than 40 genera, the largest being ''
Cardicola''. Species in this family parasite fish in both fresh and marine water.
Genera
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Acipensericola Bullard, Snyder, Jensen & Overstreet, 2008
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Adelomyllos Nolan & Cribb, 2004
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Ankistromeces Nolan & Cribb, 2004
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Aporocotyle Odhner, 1900
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Cardallagium Yong, Cutmore, Jones, Gauthier & Cribb, 2017
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Cardicola Short, 1953
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Chaulioleptos Nolan & Cribb, 2005
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Chimaerohemecus van der Land, 1967
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Cladocaecum Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016
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Cruoricola Herbert, Shaharom-Harrison & Overstreet, 1994
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Deontacylix Linton, 1910
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Elaphrobates Bullard & Overstreet, 2003
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Elopicola Bullard, 2014
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Holocentricola
''Holocentricola'' is a genus of digeneans in the family Aporocotylidae or blood flukes, described in 2021. The name of the genus refers to the host fish, which are members of the family Holocentridae or squirrelfishes.
The genus includes thre ...
Cutmore & Cribb, 2021 [ ]
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Hyperandrotrema Maillard & Ktari, 1978
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Kritsky Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016
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Littorellicola Bullard, 2010
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Metaplehniella Lebedev & Parukhin, 1972
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Myliobaticola Bullard & Jensen, 2008
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Neoparacardicola Yamaguti, 1970
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Orchispirium Madhavi & Hanumantha Rao, 1970
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Paracardicoloides Martin, 1974
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Paradeontacylix McIntosh, 1934
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Parasanguinicola Herbert & Shaharom, 1995
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Pearsonellum Overstreet & Køie, 1989
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Phthinomita Nolan & Cribb, 2006
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Plethorchis Martin, 1975
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Primisanguis Bullard, Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 2012
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Psettarium Goto & Ozaki, 1930
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Pseudocardicola Parukhin, 1985
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Rhaphidotrema Yong & Cribb, 2011[ ]
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Sanguinicola Plehn, 1905
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Selachohemecus Short, 1954
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Skoulekia Alama-Bermejo, Montero, Raga & Holzer, 2011
References
Diplostomida
Fauna of the Atlantic Ocean
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