Aspidogastrida Explained

Aspidogastrida is an order of trematodes in the subclass Aspidogastrea.

Families

• Superfamily Aspidogastrioidea Poche, 1907^[1]
  • Aspidogastridae Poche, 1907^[1]
  • Multicalycidae Gibson & Chinabut, 1984^[2]
  • Rugogastridae Schell, 1973^[3]

Further reading

• Alves, P., Vieira, F., Santos, C., Scholz, T. & Luque, J. (2015). A checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the world. Zootaxa, 3918(3), 339–396.

Notes and References

1. Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Trematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 31, 124-126.
2. Gibson, D. & Chinabut, S. (1984). Rohdella siamensis gen. et sp. nov. (Aspidogastridae: Rohdellinae subfam. nov.) from fresh water fishes in Thailand, with a reorganization of the classification of the subclass Aspidogastrea. Parasitology, 88(3), 383–393.
3. Schell, S. C. (1973). Rugogaster hydrolagi gen. et sp. n. (Tremtoda: Aspidobothrea: Rugogastridae fam. n.) from the ratfish Hydrolagus collei (Lay & Bennett, 1839). The Journal of Parasitology, 59, 803–805.