Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata

Trematoda

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aspidogastrea Faust & Tang, 1936
Digenea Carus, 1863

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: zuigwormen
 English: flukes; trematodes sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Egel; Saugwürmer; Trematoden sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Japanese: 吸虫綱

Literature

additional source

Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Trematodes and their position in the animal kingdom. Osnovy Trematodologii. 1: 11-37. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).

identification resource

Gibson, D. I. (2002). Class Trematoda Rudolphi, 1808. In Gibson DI, Jones A and Bray RA (eds),. Keys to the Trematoda, vol. 1. Wallingford: CAB International,. pp. 1-3.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Trematoda. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=19948

Dr. David Gibson. Trematoda. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/80946147-fb56-4ba2-9556-e4594a2cca6c

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2019-01-22 by Dr. David Gibson & by Tom Artois

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