Schistosomatoidea

Schistosomatoidea
Egg of Schistosoma mansoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Strigeidida
Suborder: Strigeata
Superfamily: Schistosomatoidea
Families

Aporocotylidae
Clinostomidae
Liolopidae
Moreauiidae
Sanguinicolidae
Schistosomatidae
Spirorchiidae

The Schistosomatoidea are a superfamily of digenetic trematodes.[1]

This superfamily includes the families Schistosomatidae and Spirorchiidae.

History

This superfamily was created in 1898 by Stiles and Hassall.

References

  1. Snyder, S. D. (2004). Phylogeny and paraphyly among tetrapod blood flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatidae and Spirorchiidae). International Journal for Parasitology 34(12), 1385-92.
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