Zoogonidae
[ ] are a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of trematodes. They are the namesake family of the
suborder Zoogonata 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 significant parasites of humans.
The following families are placed here, organ ...
.
Selected genera are:
* ''
Brevicreadium''
* ''
Deretrema''
Linton, 1910
* ''
Diphtherostomum''
Stossich, 1904 [ ]
* ''
Glaucivermis''
Overstreet, 1971
* ''
Limnoderetrema''
Bray, 1987
* ''
Neozoogonus''
Arai, 1954
* ''
Parvipyrum''
* ''
Oesophagotrema''
Chaari, Derbel & Neifar, 2011 [ ]
* ''
Proparvipyrum''
* ''
Pseudochetosoma''
* ''
Pseudozoogonoides''
* ''
Steganoderma''
Stafford, 1904
* ''
Zoogonoides''
Odhner, 1902
* ''
Zoogonus''
Looss, 1901
Gallery of zoogonids
File:Peerj-292-fig-1 Zoogonidae.png, ''Diphterostomum plectorhynchi'' Machida, Kamegai & Kuramochi 2006
File:Peerj-292-fig-2 Zoogonidae.png, ''Parvipyrum acanthuri'' Pritchard, 1963
File:Peerj-292-fig-3 Zoogonidae.png, ''Zoogonoides viviparus'' (Olsson, 1868)
File:Peerj-292-fig-4 Zoogonidae.png, ''Deretrema ? combesorum'' Bray & Justine, 2008
File:Peerj-292-fig-5 Zoogonidae.png, ''Deretrema? acutum'' Pritchard, 1963
File:Peerj-292-fig-6 Zoogonidae.png, ''Overstreetia cribbi'' Bray & Justine, 2014
References
Trematode families
Plagiorchiida
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