Aephnidiogenidae Explained

Aephnidiogenidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.

Genera

• Aephnidiogenes Nicoll, 1915^[1]
• Austroholorchis Bray & Cribb, 1997^[2]
• Holorchis Stossich, 1901^[3]
• Neolepocreadium Thomas, 1960^[4]
• Pseudaephnidiogenes Yamaguti, 1971^[5]
• Stegodexamene MacFarlane, 1951^[6]
• Tetracerasta Watson, 1984^[7]

Notes and References

1. Nicoll, W. (1915). The trematode parasites of north Queensland. III. Parasites of fishes. Parasitology, 8(1), 22–41.
2. Bray, R. A. & Cribb, T. H. (1997). The subfamily Aephnidiogeninae Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae), its status and that of the genera Aephnidiogenes Nicoll, 1915, Holorchis Stossich, 1901, Austroholorchis n. g., Pseudaephnidiogenes Yamaguti, 1971, Pseudoholorchis Yamaguti, 1958, and Neolepocreadium Thomas, 1960. Systematic Parasitology, 36(1), 47–68.
3. Stossich, M. (1901). Osservazioni elmintologiche. Bollettino della Societa Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste, 20, 89–103.
4. Thomas, J. D. (1960). Trematodes of Ghanaian sub-littoral fishes. II. The family Lepocreadiidae Nicoll, 1935, sensu Cable and Hunninen, 1942. In Libro Homenaje al Dr. Eduardo Caballero y Caballero, Jubileo 1930-1960 (pp. 321–328). Mexico City: Secretaria de Educación Publica.
5. Yamaguti, S. (1971). Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. Tokyo: Keigaku Publishing Co.
6. MacFarlane, W. V. (1951). The life cycle of Stegodexamene anguillae n. g., n. sp., an allocreadiid trematode from New Zealand. Parasitology, 41(1), 1–10.
7. Watson, R. A. (1984). The life cycle and morphology of Tetracerasta blepta, gen. et sp. nov., and Stegodexamene callista, sp. nov. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae) from the long-finned eel, Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner. Australian Journal of Zoology, 32(1), 177–204.