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).