Opisthorchiidae Explained
Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.
The most medically important species in the family Opisthorchiidae are Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, and Opisthorchis felineus,[1] that are causes of the disease clonorchiasis.[1]
Some species are parasites of economically important fish, e.g. Clarias gariepinus.[2]
Subfamilies
Thirteen subfamilies are in the family Opisthorchiidae:[1] but their number is inconsistent:[1]
- Allogomtiotrematinae - Gupta, 1955; Yamaguti, 1958 - two genera
- Aphallinae - Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
- Delphinicolinae - Yamaguti, 1933 - one genus
- Diasiellinae - Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
- Metorchiinae - Luhe, 1909 - four genera
- Oesophagicolinae - Yamaguti, 1933 - one genus
- Opisthorchiinae - Yamaguti, 1899 - 14 genera
- Pachytrematinae - Railliet, 1919; Ejsmont, 1931 - one genus
- Plotnikoviinae - Skrjabin, 1945; Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - one genus
- Pseudamphimerinae - Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - three genera
- Pseudamphistominae - Yamaguti, 1958 - two genera
- Ratziinae - Dollfus, 1929; Price, 1940 - one genus
- Tubangorchiinae - Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
Genera
The family Opisthorchiidae consists of 33 valid genera:[1]
- Agrawalotrema Sahay & Sahay, 1988
- Allogomtiotrema Yamaguti, 1958
- Amphimerus Barker, 1911
- Cladocystis Poche, 1926
- Clonorchis Looss, 1907
- Cyclorchis Luhe, 1908
- Delphinicola Yamaguti, 1933
- Diasiella Travassos, 1949
- Erschoviorchis Skrjabin, 1945
- Euamphimerus Yamaguti, 1941
- Evranorchis Skrjabin, 1944
- Gomtia Thapar, 1930
- Hepatiarius Fedzullaev, 1961
- Holometra Looss, 1899
- Metametorchis Morozov, 1939
- Metorchis Looss, 1899
- Microtrema Kobayashi, 1915
- Nigerina Baugh, 1958
- Oesophagicola Yamaguti, 1933
- Opisthorchis Blanchard, 1895
- Pachytrema Looss, 1907
- Parametorchis Skrjabin, 1913
- Paropisthorchis Stephens, 1912
- Plotnikovia Skrjabin, 1945
- Pseudamphimerus Gower, 1940
- Pseudamphistomum Luhe, 1908
- Pseudogomtiotrema Gupta & Jain, 1991
- Ratzia Poche, 1926
- Satyapalia Lakshminarayana & Hafeezullah, 1974
- Thaparotrema Gupta, 1955
- Trionychotrema Chin & Zhang, 1981
- Tubangorchis Skrjabin, 1944
- Witenbergia Vaz, 1932
Notes and References
- King . S. . Scholz . T. Š. . 10.3347/kjp.2001.39.3.209 . Trematodes of the family Opisthorchiidae: A minireview . The Korean Journal of Parasitology . 39 . 3 . 209–221 . 2001 . 11590910. 2721069 .
- Jansen van Rensburg, C., van As, J.G. & King, P.H. 2013. New records of digenean parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Pisces: Clariidae) from the Okavango Delta, Botswana, with description of Thaparotrema botswanensis sp. n. (Plathelminthes: Trematoda). African Invertebrates 54 (2): 431–446.http://africaninvertebrates.org/ojs/index.php/AI/article/view/312
