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

Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1902

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superfamily group names

*Cyclocoeloidea*	Stossich, 1902	synonym

Children

Calycodidae Dollfus, 1929
Cathaemasiidae
Cyclocoelidae
Echinochasmidae Odhner, 1910
Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899
Fasciolidae Railliet, 1895
Himasthlidae Odhner, 1910
Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899
Psilostomidae Looss, 1900
Rhytidodidae Odhner, 1926
Typhlocoelidae

Literature

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
status source	Tkach, V. V.; Kudlai, O.; Kostadinova, A. (2016). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology. 46(3): 171-185.
taxonomy source	Le, T. H.; Pham, L. T. K.; Van Quyen, D.; Nguyen, K. T.; Doan, H. T. T.; Saijuntha, W.; Blair, D. (2024). The ribosomal transcription units of five echinostomes and their taxonomic implications for the suborder Echinostomata (Trematoda: Platyhelminthes). Parasitology Research. 123(1).
identification resource	Kostadinova, A.; Jones, A. (2005). Superfamily Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899. In. Jones, A.; Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 2. CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, Wallingford. pp. 5–8.