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

Metagonimus Katsurada, 1912

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dexiogonimus*	Witenberg, 1929	synonym

Children

Metagonimus ciureanus (Witenberg, 1929) Price, 1931
Metagonimus romanicus (Ciurea, 1915)
Metagonimus yokogawai (Katsurada, 1912)

Literature

original description	Katsurada F. (1912). On a new trematode Metagonimus yokogawai. Tokyo Iji Shinshi. 1796: 3483–3489. (in Japanese).
taxonomy source	Scholz, T.; Kuchta, R.; Barčák, D.; Cech, G.; Oros, M. (2024). Small intestinal flukes of the genus Metagonimus (Digenea: Heterophyidae) in Europe and the Middle East: A review of parasites with zoonotic potential. Parasite. 31: 20.
identification resource	Morozov, F. N. (1952). Trematode superfamily Heterophyoidea Faust, 1929. Skriabin K. I. Trematody zhivonykh i chekoveka (= Osnovy Trematodologii) [Trematodes of animals and humans. Fundamentals of trematodology]. 6: 152–615. (In Russian).
identification resource	Pearson, J. (2008). Family Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Wallingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 113–141.