The Schistosomatoidea are a superfamily of
digenetic trematode
Digenea (Gr. ''Dis'' – double, ''Genos'' – race) is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as ''flukes'') with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral. ...
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[Snyder, S. D. (2004)]
Phylogeny and paraphyly among tetrapod blood flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatidae and Spirorchiidae).
''International Journal for Parasitology'' 34(12), 1385-92.
Families
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Aporocotylidae
Aporocotylidae is a family of trematodes within the order Diplostomida, 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 ...
Odhner, 1912
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Schistosomatidae
Schistosomatidae is a family (biology), family of digenetic trematodes with Parasitic life cycles, complex parasitic life cycles. Immature developmental stages of schistosomes are found in molluscs and adults occur in vertebrates. The best studie ...
Stiles & Hassall, 1898
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Spirorchiidae
Spirorchiidae is a family of digenetic trematodes. Infestation by these trematodes leads to the disease spirorchiidiosis. Spirorchiids are mainly parasites of turtles. It has been synonymised with Proparorchiidae Ward, 1921, Spirorchidae Stunka ...
Stunkard, 1921
References
Animal superfamilies
Diplostomida
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