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

Dicrocoeliidae Looss, 1899

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Athesmia Looss, 1899
Brachydistomum Travassos, 1944
Brodenia Gedoelst, 1913
Conspicuum Bhalerao, 1936
Corrigia Shtrom, 1940
Dicrocoeliinae Looss, 1899
Dicrocoelium Dujardin, 1845
Euparadistomum Tubangui, 1931
Eurytrema Looss, 1907
Lutztrema Travassos, 1941
Lyperosomum Looss, 1899
Paradistomum Kossack, 1910
Platynosomum Looss, 1907
Prosolecithus Yamaguti, 1971
Pseudoparadistomum Roca, 2003
Skrjabinus Bhalerao, 1936
Stromitrema Skrjabin, 1944
Unilaterilecithum Oschmarin in Skrjabin & Evranova, 1952
Zonorchis Travassos, 1944

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.

taxonomy source

Emmerich, E.; De Aguiar, J. C. C.; Da Silva, R. J. (2025). Origin and diversification of Dicrocoeliidae (Neodermata, Trematoda) with the description of a new species of Euparadistomum, a parasite of Tropidurus torquatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in South America. Parasitology International. 103055.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I.; Evranova, V. G. (1952). Family Dicrocoeliidae Odhner, 1911. Osnovy Trematodologii. 7: 32–604. (In Russian).

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I. (1970). Trematode family Dicrocoeliidae Odhner, 1911 (Supplement). Osnovy Trematodologii. 23: 5–106, 306–307. (In Russian).

identification resource

Pojmańska, T. (2008). Family Dicrocoeliidae Looss, 1899. 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. 233–260.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Dicrocoeliidae Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108469

Dr. David Gibson. Dicrocoeliidae Looss, 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d3ca13d8-3274-4626-a6a4-e751339dbd41

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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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2014-03-17 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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