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

Macroderoididae McMullen, 1937

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cirkennedya Gibson & Bray, 1979

Literature

original description	McMullen, D. B. (1937). A discussion of the taxonomy of the family Plagiorchiidae Luhe, 1901, and related trematodes. Journal of Parasitology. 23 (3): 244–258.
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	Font, W. F.; Lotz, J. M. (2008). Family Macroderoididae McMullen, 1937. In Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I., & Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum. pp. 373–380.