Psilostomatidae

Psilostomatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
Superphylum: Platyzoa
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Subclass: Digenea
Order: Echinostomida
Suborder: Echinostomata
Family: Psilostomatidae
Genera

10, see text

The Psilostomatidae are a family of the parasitic flatworm order Echinostomida, wherein they are part of the Echinostomata (one of the larger suborders). They often parasitize aquatic vertebrates as definitive hosts.

The genera placed here are:

  • Astacatrematula Macy & Bell, 1968
  • Gyrosoma Bryd, Bogitsh, Maples, 1961
  • Mesaulus Braun, 1902
  • Pseudopsilostoma Yamaguti, 1958
  • Psilochasmus Luhe, 1909
  • Psilostomum Looss, 1899
  • Psilotornus Byrd & Prestwood, 1969
  • Ribeiroia Travassos, 1939
  • Sphaeridiotrema Odhner, 1913
  • Stephanoproraoides Price, 1934

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