Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Echinostomata > Superfamily Echinostomatoidea

Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthoparyphium Dietz, 1909
Chaunocephalus Dietz, 1909
Curtuteria Reimer, 1963
Dietziella Skrjabin & Bashkirora, 1956
Echinodollfusia Skrjabin & Bashkirova, 1956
Echinostomatinae Looss, 1899
Euparyphium Dietz, 1909
Ignavia Teixeira de Freitas, 1948
Isthmiophora Luhe, 1909
Longicollia Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskaja, 1953
Moliniella Hübner, 1939
Monilifer Dietz, 1909
Neoacanthoparyphium Yamaguti, 1958
Parechinostomum Dietz, 1909
Paryphostomum Dietz, 1909
Patagifer Dietz, 1909
Pegosomum Ratz, 1903
Pelmatostomum Dietz, 1909
Prionosoma Dietz, 1909
Saakotrema Skrjabin & Bashkirova, 1956
Sodalis Kowalewsky, 1902
Uroproctepisthmium Fischthal & Kuntz, 1976

Literature

original description

Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784.

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

additional 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.

status source

Tkach, V. V.; Kudlai, O.; Kostadinova, A. (2016). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology. 46(3): 171-185.

taxonomy source

Le, T. H.; Pham, L. T. K.; Van Quyen, D.; Nguyen, K. T.; Doan, H. T. T.; Saijuntha, W.; Blair, D. (2024). The ribosomal transcription units of five echinostomes and their taxonomic implications for the suborder Echinostomata (Trematoda: Platyhelminthes). Parasitology Research. 123(1).

identification resource

Kostadinova, A. (2005). Family Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899. In. Jones, A.; Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 2. Wallingford, CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp. 9–64.

identification resource

Baschkirova, E. J. (1947). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. Osnovy Trematodologii. 1: 310–391. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I.; Baschkirova, E. Y. (1956). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. Osnovy Trematodologii. 12: 50–930.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108420

Dr. David Gibson. Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e784a813-9156-46c8-b7c2-17e2a36d7850

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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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2013-07-18 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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