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

Psilostomidae Looss, 1900

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Apopharynx Luhe, 1909
Astacotrema Warren, 1903
Psilorchis Thapar & Lal, 1935
Psilostominae Looss, 1900
Psilotornus Byrd & Prestwood, 1969
Psilotrema Odhner, 1913
Sphaeridiotrema Odhner, 1913

Literature

original description

Looss, A. (1900). Nachträgliche Bemerkungen zu den Namen der von mir vorgeschlagenen Distomidengattungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 23: 601-608.

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.

taxonomy source

Kudlai, O.; Kostadinova, A.; Pulis, E. E.; Tkach, V. V. (2017). The Psilostomidae Looss, 1900 (sensu stricto) (Digenea: Echinostomatoidea): description of three new genera and a key to the genera of the family. Systematic Parasitology. 94(1): 21-33.

identification resource

Kostadinova, A. (2005). Family Psilostomidae Looss, 1900. 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. 99–118.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Family Psilostomatidae Odhner, 1914. Osnovy Trematodologii. 1:214-260. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Psilostomidae Looss, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108425

Dr. David Gibson. Psilostomidae Looss, 1900. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7cdf962d-ad5c-47ea-8418-1df76c98fcbf

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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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2013-07-19 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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