Cephalogonimidae Explained

Cephalogonimidae is a family of trematode parasites characterized by a genital pore located anterior to the oral sucker, at the apex of the body.^[1]

Classification

This family comprises two genera containing of a number of species.^[2]

• Cephalogonimoides
  • Cephalogonimoides sireni Premvati, 1969
• Cephalogonimus
  • Cephalogonimus americanus Stafford, 1902
  • Cephalogonimus amphiumae Chandler, 1923
  • Cephalogonimus brevicirrus Ingles, 1932
  • Cephalogonimus europaeus Blaizot, 1910
  • Cephalogonimus heteropneustes Gupta, 1951
  • Cephalogonimus lenoiri (Poirier 1886)
  • Cephalogonimus retusus (Dujardin, 1845)
  • Cephalogonimus salamandrus Dronen and Lang, 1974
  • Cephalogonimus vesicaudus Nickerson, 1912
• Emoleptalea
  • Emoleptalea dollfusi Srivastava, 1960
  • Emoleptalea hardayali Kumar and Agrawal, 1963
  • Emoleptalea horai Gupta, 1955
  • Emoleptalea kanungoi Agrawal and Agrawal, 1985
  • Emoleptalea loosi Srivastava, 1960
  • Emoleptalea rifaati Ramadan, Saoud, and Taha, 1987
  • Emoleptalea synodontidos Dollfus, 1950
• Masenia
  • Masenia bangweulensis Beverly-Burton, 1962
  • Masenia carangai Gupta and Tandon, 1985
  • Masenia collata Chatterji, 1933
  • Masenia dayali (Gupta, 1955)
  • Masenia gomtia Agrawal and Agrawal, 1985
  • Masenia kwangtungensis Pan, 1984
  • Masenia moradabadensis Srivastava, 1960
  • Masenia orissai Gupta and Tandon, 1985
  • Masenia quiloni (Gupta and Tandon, 1985)
  • Masenia synodontis Khalil and Thurston, 1973
  • Masenia upeneusi Gupta and Puri, 1984
  • Masenia vittatusi Agrawal, 1963

Notes and References

1. Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I., & Jones, A. (2008). Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 3. CAB International.
2. Web site: Cephalogonimidae - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life. Encyclopedia of Life. en. 2018-08-01.