| Diplostomida | |
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| Diplostomum petromyzifluviatilis , in the family Diplostomidae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Subclass: | Digenea |
| Order: | Diplostomida Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003 |
Diplostomida is an order of trematodes in the subclass Digenea. It is synonymous with Strigeatida Poche, 1926.
Order Diplostomida
Clinostomoidea Lühe, 1901 has been synonymised with Schistosomatoidea Stiles & Hassall, 1898.[ citation needed ]
Digenea is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral. Adults commonly live within the digestive tract, but occur throughout the organ systems of all classes of vertebrates. Once thought to be related to the Monogenea, it is now recognised that they are closest to the Aspidogastrea and that the Monogenea are more closely allied with the Cestoda. Around 6,000 species have been described to date.
Galactosomum is a genus of flukes in the family Heterophyidae. There are currently 28 recognised species within the genus. They mainly infect aquatic birds, but often infest fish as larvae. Three species are known to use marine mammals as hosts.
Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic trematode worms in the order Diplostomida. It Is the sole genus in the family Leucochloridiidae. Members of this genus cause pulsating swellings in the eye-stalks of snails, so as to attract the attention of predatory birds required in the parasites' lifecycle.
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.
Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.
Heterophyidae is a family of intestinal trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Oochoristica is a genus of tapeworms.
Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes. It was considered by Bray et al. to belong in the superfamily Opecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925 or the Brachycladioidea Odhner, 1905.
The Schistosomatoidea are a superfamily of digenetic trematodes.
Brachylaimidae is a family of parasitic flukes in the sub-class Digenea. Adults are usually found within the digestive tracts and other organs of mammals or birds and have a complex three-stage life cycle.
Echinostomatidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida, first described in 1899.
Brachylaimoidea is a superfamily of digenetic trematodes in the order Diplostomida.
Aephnidiogenidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
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 fresh and marine water.
Xiphidiata is a suborder of Plagiorchiida, an order of parasitic flatworms (flukes).
Cryptogonimidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Derogenidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Hemiuridae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida containing 514 described species.
Robert-Philippe Dollfus was a French zoologist and parasitologist.