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

Digenea Carus, 1863

Rank: Subclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Digenea incertae sedis
Diplostomida Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
Plagiorchiida La Rue, 1957

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: 二生亜綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: digena sugmaskar

Literature

basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136-142
taxonomy source	Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A., Littlewood, D.T.J., Pichelin, S., Herniou, E.A. (2001). The Digenea. In: Littlewood, D.T.J. & Bray, R.A. (Eds). Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes. London: Taylor & Francis, 168-185.
taxonomy source	Olson, P.; Cribb, T.; Tkach, V.; Bray, R.; Littlewood, D. (2003). Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology. 33(7): 733-755.
taxonomy source	Choudhary, K.; Verma, A. K.; Swaroop, S.; Agrawal, N. (2015). A review on the molecular characterization of digenean parasites using molecular markers with special reference to ITS region. Helminthologia. 52(3): 167-187.
identification resource	Bray, R. A. (2008). Introduction and key to superfamilies. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 1–5.
identification resource	Gibson, D. I. (2002). Subclass Digenea Carus, 1863. In Gibson, D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. (eds). Keys to the Trematoda, vol. 1. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum. pp. 15–18.
identification resource	Jones, A. (2005). Introduction and key to subfamilies. In: Jones, A., Bray, R.A. & Gibson, D.I. [Eds]. Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 2. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp.1–4.