Cyclocoelinae

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Cyclocoelinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Echinostomida
Family: Cyclocoelidae
Subfamily: Cyclocoelinae
Stossich, 1902
Genera
  • Allopyge
  • Cyclocoelum
  • Hyptiasmus
  • Morishitium
  • Neoallopyge
  • Neohyptiasmus
  • Prohyptiasmus
  • Selfcoelum
  • Skrjabincoelum

The Cyclocoelinae are a subfamily of parasitic flatworms of the order Echinostomida. Their definite hosts are waterfowl and other (mostly aquatic) birds such as waders, where the worms are mainly found in the airways.[1]

Genera

  • Allopyge Johnston, 1913
  • Cyclocoelum Brandes, 1892
  • Hyptiasmus Kossack, 1911
  • Morishitium Witenberg, 1928
  • Neoallopyge Dronen & Blend, 2005
  • Neohyptiasmus Kanev, Radev & Fried, 2002
  • Prohyptiasmus Witenberg, 1923
  • Selfcoelum Dronen, Gardner & Jiménez, 2006
  • Skrjabincoelum Kurashvili, 1953

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dronen et al. (2006)

References

  • Dronen, Norman O.; Gardner, Scott L. & Jiménez, F. Agustín (2006): Selfcoelum limnodromi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Cyclocoelidae: Cyclocoelinae) from the long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) from Oklahoma, U.S.A.. Zootaxa 1131: 49–58. PDF fulltext
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