Prosthogonimidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
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.
Selected genera are:
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Heterophyidae is a family of intestinal trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Telorchiidae is a family of trematode parasites.
Philophthalmidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
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Notocotylidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Echinochasmidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Gorgoderidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
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Acanthocolpidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Mesometridae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Psilostomidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.
Ptychogonimidae is a family of trematodes belonging to the order Plagiorchiida.