Zoogonidae Explained

Zoogonidae^[1] are a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.

Selected genera are:

• Brevicreadium
• Deretrema Linton, 1910 ^[2]
• Diphtherostomum Stossich, 1904 ^[3]
• Glaucivermis Overstreet, 1971
• Limnoderetrema Bray, 1987
• Neozoogonus Arai, 1954
• Parvipyrum
• Oesophagotrema Chaari, Derbel & Neifar, 2011 ^[4]
• Proparvipyrum
• Pseudochetosoma
• Pseudozoogonoides
• Steganoderma Stafford, 1904
• Zoogonoides Odhner, 1902
• Zoogonus Looss, 1901

Notes and References

1. Bray . RA. . Justine . J-L. . A review of the Zoogonidae (Digenea: Microphalloidea) from fishes of the waters around New Caledonia, with the description of Overstreetia cribbi n. sp. . PeerJ . 2 . e292 . 2014 . 10.7717/peerj.292 . 24688868. 3961169 . free .
2. Bray. Rodney A.. Justine. Jean-Lou. Sympatric species of Deretrema Linton, 1910: D. combesae n. sp. and D. combesorum n. sp. (Digenea: Zoogonidae) from the manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Perciformes: Mullidae) from New Caledonia. Parasitology International. 57. 1. 2008. 18–24. 1383-5769. 10.1016/j.parint.2007.07.001. 17692564.
3. Gilardoni. Carmen. Etchegoin. Jorge. Cribb. Thomas. Pina. Susana. Rodrigues. Pedro. Diez. María Emilia. Cremonte. Florencia. Cryptic speciation of the zoogonid digenean Diphterostomum flavum n. sp. demonstrated by morphological and molecular data. Parasite. 27. 2020. 44. 1776-1042. 10.1051/parasite/2020040. 32553099. 7301638. free.
4. Chaari. Manel. Derbel. Hela. Neifar. Lassad. Oesophagotrema mediterranea n. gen., n. sp. (Platyhelminthes, Digenea, Zoogonidae), Parasite of the Needlefish Tylosurus acus imperialis (Beloniformes, Belonidae) from off Tunisia. Zoosystema. 33. 3. 2011. 281–286. 1280-9551. 10.5252/z2011n3a2. 84741226.