Brachylaimoidea

Brachylaimoidea
	Leucochloridium macrostomum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Diplostomida
Suborder:	Diplostomata
Superfamily:	Brachylaimoidea ; Joyeux & Foley, 1930

Last updated October 08, 2025

Brachylaimoidea is a superfamily of digenetic trematodes in the order Diplostomida ^[1].

Families

The following families are recognised:

Brachylaimidae Joyeux & Foley, 1930
Hasstilesiidae Hall, 1916
Leucochloridiidae Poche, 1907
Leucochloridiomorphidae Yamaguti, 1958
Moreauiidae Johnstone, 1915
Ovariopteridae Leonov, Spasski & Kulikov, 1963
Panopistidae Yamaguti, 1958
Thapariellidae Srivastava, 1953

References

↑ Fu, Yi-Tian; Jin, Yuan-Chun; Liu, Guo-Hua (2019-10-25). "The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Caecal Fluke of Poultry, Postharmostomum commutatum, as the First Representative from the Superfamily Brachylaimoidea". Frontiers in Genetics. 10 1037. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01037 . ISSN 1664-8021. PMC 6823182 . PMID 31708971.

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[1] Fu, Yi-Tian; Jin, Yuan-Chun; Liu, Guo-Hua (2019-10-25). "The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Caecal Fluke of Poultry, Postharmostomum commutatum, as the First Representative from the Superfamily Brachylaimoidea". Frontiers in Genetics. 10 1037. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01037 . ISSN 1664-8021. PMC 6823182 . PMID 31708971.

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Brachylaimoidea

Leucochloridium macrostomum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Diplostomida
Suborder:	Diplostomata
Superfamily:	Brachylaimoidea Joyeux & Foley, 1930