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

Microphallidae Ward, 1901

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ascorhytis Ching, 1965
Atriotrema Belopol'skaja, 1958
Diacetabulum Belopol'skaja, 1952
Gynaecotylinae Guschanskaja, 1952
Levinseniellinae Stiles & Hassall, 1901
Maritrematinae Nicoll, 1909
Microphallinae Ward, 1901
Pseudospelotrema Yamaguti, 1939
Sphairiotrema Deblock & Ky, 1966

Literature

original description	Ward, H. B. (1901). Notes on the parasites of the lake fish: III. On the structure of the copulatory organs in Microphallus nov. gen. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 22: 175–187.
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	Tkach, V. V.; Littlewood, D. T. J.; Olson, P. D.; Kinsella, J. M.; Swiderski, Z. (2003). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Microphalloidea Ward, 1901 (Trematoda: Digenea). Systematic Parasitology. 56(1): 1-15.
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	Cable, R. M.; Kuns, M. L. (1951). The trematode family Microphallidae with the description of Carneophallus trilobatus gen. et sp. nov., from Mexico. Journal of Parasitology. 37 (5): 507–514.
taxonomy source	Deblock, S. (1971). Contribution à l'étude des Microphallidae Travassos, 1920 XXIV. Tentative de phylogénie et de taxonomic. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 7: 353–468.
identification resource	Deblock, S.; Tran Van Ky, P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Microphallidae Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda)-XII. Espèces d'Europe occidentale. Création de Sphairiotrema nov. gen.; Considérations diverses de systématique (à propos des collections de Microphallidés du British Museum de Londres et du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Göteborg-Suède). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 41 (1): 23–60.
identification resource	Belopolskaja, M. M. (1963). Family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. Osnovy Trematodologii. 21: 259–502 (In Russian).
identification resource	Belopolskaja, M. M. (1952). Trematode family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. Osnovy Trematodologii. 6: 618–756 (In Russian).
identification resource	Deblock, S. (2008). Family Microphallidae Ward, 1901. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Walllingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 451–492.