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

Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Amphimerus Barker, 1911
Apophallinae Ciurea, 1924
Clonorchis Looss, 1907
Cryptocotylinae Lühe, 1909
Euamphimerus Yamaguti, 1941
Hepatiarius Feizullaev, 1961
Metametorchis Morozov, 1939
Metorchiinae Lühe, 1909
Notaulus Skrjabin, 1913
Opisthorchiinae Looss, 1899
Pachytrematinae Railliet, 1919
Pseudamphistominae Yamaguti, 1958
Ratzia Poche, 1926

Literature

original description	Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784.
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	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	Scholz, T. (2008). Family Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 9–49.
identification resource	Skrjabin, K. I.; Petrov, A. M. (1950). Superfamily Opisthorchoidea Faust, 1929. Osnovy Trematodologii. 4: 81–328. (In Russian).