Prosthogonimidae

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Prosthogonimidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Rhabditophora
Order: Plagiorchiida
Suborder: Plagiorchiata
Family: Prosthogonimidae
Lühe, 1909
Genera

Several, see text

The Prosthogonimidae are a family of trematodes. They are part of the huge of the suborder Plagiorchiata in the order Plagiorchiida. The adults of these parasites occur in the bursa of Fabricius, caecum, cloaca, liver, oviduct and sometimes even under the nictitating membrane of vertebrates and particularly birds.

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References

  1. Heneberg, P.; Sitko, J.; Bizos, J. (2015). "Integrative taxonomy of central European parasitic flatworms of the family Prosthogonimidae Lühe, 1909 (Trematoda: Plagiorchiida)". Parasitology International. 64 (5): 264–273. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2015.02.003. PMID   25724855.