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

Opisthorchioidea Looss, 1899

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthostomidae
Cryptogonimidae Ward, 1917
Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909
Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899

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

additional source

Thaenkham, U.; Blair, D.; Nawa, Y.; Waikagul, J. (2012). Families Opisthorchiidae and Heterophyidae: Are they distinct?. Parasitology International. 61(1): 90-93.

taxonomy source

Tatonova, Y. V.; Besprozvannykh, V. V. (2019). Description of a new species, Cryptocotyle lata sp. nov., and discussion of the phylogenetic relationships in Opisthorchioidea. Parasitology International. 101939.

identification resource

Bray, R. A. (2008). Superfamily Opisthorchioidea 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. 7–8.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I.; Petrov, A. M. (1950). Superfamily Opisthorchoidea Faust, 1929. Osnovy Trematodologii. 4: 81–328. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Opisthorchioidea Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108410

Dr. David Gibson. Opisthorchioidea Looss, 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5d1a1d44-37ff-4498-add4-73882d8f7508

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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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2020-11-27 by Dr. David Gibson & by Rod Bray

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