Echinostomatidae Explained

Echinostomatidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida, first described in 1899.^[1]

Subdivisions

The World Register of Marine Species currently shows a total of 33 genera accepted within Echinostomatidae, subdivided across eight subfamilies, with five genera unplaced.^[2]

• Echinostomatinae Looss, 1899
  • Bashkirovitrema Skrjabin, 1944
  • Drepanocephalus Dietz, 1909
  • Echinodollfusia Skrjabin & Baschkirova, 1956
  • Echinoparyphium Dietz, 1909
  • Echinostoma Rudolphi, 1809
  • Edietziana Ozdikmen, 2013
  • Euparyphium Dietz, 1909
  • Hypoderaeum Dietz, 1909
  • Isthmiophora Lühe, 1909
  • Kostadinovatrema Dronen, 2009
  • Longicollia Bychovskaja-Pavlovskaja, 1953
  • Lyperorchis Travassos, 1921
  • Moliniella Hübner, 1939
  • Neoacanthoparyphium Yamaguti, 1958
  • Pameileenia Wright & Smithers, 1956
  • Parallelotestis Belopolskaya, 1954
  • Petasiger Dietz, 1909
  • Prionosomoides Teixeira de Freitas & Dobbin, 1967
  • Singhia Yamaguti, 1958
• Guaicapuriinae Nasir, Diaz & Marcano, 1971
  • Guaicaipuria Nasir, Diaz & Marcano, 1971
  • Protechinostoma Beaver, 1943
• Ignaviinae Yamaguti, 1958
  • Ignavia Teixeira de Freitas, 1948
• Nephrostominae Mendheim, 1943
  • Nephrostomum Dietz, 1909
  • Patagifer Dietz, 1909
• Pegosominae Odhner, 1910
  • Pegosomum Ratz, 1903
• Pelmatostominae Yamaguti, 1958
  • Pelmatostomum Dietz, 1909
• Ruffetrematinae Kostadinova, 2005
  • Ruffetrema Saxena & Singh, 1982
• Sodalinae Skrjabin & Schulz, 1937
  • Sodalis Kowalewski, 1902
• Echinostomatidae unplaced genera
  • Cathaemasia Looss, 189
  • Neopetasiger Baschkirova, 1941
  • Pseudocathaemasioides Saito & Fukumoto, 1972
  • Pulchrosoma Travassos, 1916
  • Skrjabinophora Baschkirova, 1941

Notes and References

1. Fuhrmann, O. (1928). Zweite Klasse des Cladus Platyhelminthes: Trematoda. Berlin & Leipzig: Kükenthal's Handbuch der Zoologie.
2. Echinostomatidae. 108420. 20 June 2022.