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

Brachycladiidae Odhner, 1905

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Brachycladiinae Odhner, 1905

Literature

original description	Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. Fauna Arctica. 4: 289-372.
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.
taxonomy source	Kim, S.; Youn, H.; Lee, K.; Lee, H.; Kim, M. J.; Kang, Y.; Choe, S.; Georgieva, S. (2023). Novel morphological and molecular data for Nasitrema spp. (Digenea: Brachycladiidae) in the East Asian finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sunameri). Frontiers in Marine Science. 10.
identification resource	Gibson, D. I. (2005). Family Brachycladiidae Odhner, 1905. In Jones, A., Bray, R. A., & Gibson, D. I. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, pp. 641–652.
biology source	Fernandez, M.; Littlewood, D. T. J.; Latorre, A.; Raga, J. A.; Rollinson, D. (1998). Phylogenetic relationships of the family Campulidae (Trematoda) based on 18S rRNA sequences. Parasitology. 117 (4): 383–391.
biology source	Kremnev, G.; Gonchar, A.; Krapivin, V.; Knyazeva, O.; Krupenko, D. (2020). First elucidation of the life cycle in the family Brachycladiidae (Digenea), parasites of marine mammals. International Journal for Parasitology.