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

Opisthorchis Blanchard, 1895

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Opisthorchis altaevi Saidov, 1954
Opisthorchis choledocus (Linstow, 1883)
Opisthorchis entzi Ratz, 1900
Opisthorchis felineus Rivolta, 1884
Opisthorchis geminus (Looss, 1896)
Opisthorchis simulans (Looss, 1896)
Opisthorchis tenuicollis (Rudolphi, 1819)
Opisthorchis viverrini (Poirier, 1886)

Literature

original description	Blanchard, R. A. E. (1895). Animaux parasites [Preliminary notice]. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France. 20 (8-9): 217.
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	Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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	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).