Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Diplostomida > Suborder Diplostomata > Superfamily Diplostomoidea

Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alaria Schrank, 1788
Allodiplostomum Yamaguti, 1935
Bolbophorus Dubois, 1935
Codonocephalus Diesing, 1850
Conodiplostomum Dubois, 1937
Crassiphialinae Sudarikov, 1960
Diplostominae Poirier, 1886
Mesoophorodiplostomum Dubois, 1936
Neoharvardia Gupta, 1963
Ornithodiplostomum Dubois, 1936
Pharyngostomum Ciurea, 1922
Procrassiphiala Verma, 1936
Pulvinifer Yamaguti, 1933
Scolopacitrema Sudarikov & Rykovsky, 1958
Uvulifer Yamaguti, 1934

Literature

original description

Poirier, J. (1886). Sur les Diplostomidae. Arch. Zool. Exper. et Gen. 2 s, 4: 327–346.

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

Shoop, W. L. (1989). Systematic analysis of the Diplostomidae and Strigeidae (Trematoda). Journal of Parasitology. 75 (1): 21–32.

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

Achatz, T. J.; Chermak, T. P.; Martens, J. R.; Pulis, E. E.; Fecchio, A.; Bell, J. A.; Greiman, S. E.; Cromwell, K. J.; Brant, S. V.; Kent, M. L.; Tkach, V. V. (2021). Unravelling the diversity of the Crassiphialinae (Digenea: Diplostomidae) with molecular phylogeny and descriptions of five new species. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases. 1: 100051.

identification resource

Niewiadomska, K. (2002). Family Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886. In: In: Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A; Bray, R. A. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda: Volume 1. (pp. 167–196). Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum.

identification resource

Sudarikov, V. E. (1960). Order Srigeidida [sic] (La Rue, 1926) Sudarikov, 1959. Part two. Superfamily Diplostomatoidea Nicoll, 1937. Family Diplostomatidae (Poirier, 1886). Osnovy Trematodologii. 17: 156–530. (In Russian).

identification resource

Sudarikov, V. E. (1971). Order Strigeidida (La Rue, 1926) Sudarikov, 1959. Part five. Metacercariae and mesocercariae. A. Suborder Strigeata La Rue, 1926. Osnovy Trematodologii. 24: 69–272. (In Russian).

identification resource

Achatz, T. J.; Martens, J. R.; Kudlai, O.; Junker, K.; Boe, N. W.; Tkach, V. V. (2022). A New Genus of Diplostomids (Digenea: Diplostomoidea) from the Nile Crocodile in South Africa with a Key to Diplostomid Genera. Journal of Parasitology. 108(5).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108459

Dr. David Gibson. Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/412cc9f7-f73b-44b1-bd65-5fdfde60a495

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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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2010-04-26 by Dr. David Gibson & by Thomas Cribb

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