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

Acanthocolpidae Lühe, 1906

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lepidauchen Nicoll, 1913
Neophasis Stafford, 1904
Pleorchis Railliet, 1896
Spinoplagioporus Skrjabin & Koval, 1958
Stephanostomum Looss, 1899
Tormopsolus Poche, 1926

Literature

original description	Lühe, M. (1906). On the trematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the government of Ceylon on the pearl oyster fisheries of the gulf of Manaar. Vol. 5: 97-108.
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	Cable, R. M.; Hunninen, A. V. (1942). Studies on Deropristis Inflata (Molin), Its Life History and Affinities to Trematodes of the Family Acanthocolpidae. Biological Bulletin. 82(2): 292-312.
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.
identification resource	Skrjabin, K. I. (1954). Family Acanthocolpidae.Lühe, 1909. Osnovy Trematodologii. 9, 45-224. (In Russian).
identification resource	Bray, R. A. (2005). Family Acanthocolpidae Lühe, 1906. In: Jones, A., Bray,. R.A., Gibson, D.I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford, CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, 603–619.
biology source	Yamaguti S. (1975). A synoptical review of life histories of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates with special reference to the morphology of their larval forms. Tokyo, Keigaku Publishing Co. pp. LXI I + 590 + 219 plates.