Opisthorchiidae
Opisthorchiidae | |
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Clonorchis sinensis under a light microscope | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Class: | Trematoda |
Order: | Plagiorchiida |
Suborder: | Opisthorchiata |
Superfamily: | Opisthorchioidea
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Family: | Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899 |
Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
The most medically important species in the family Opisthorchiidae are Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, and Opisthorchis felineus,[1] that are causes of the disease clonorchiasis.[1]
Some species are parasites of economically important fish, e.g. Clarias gariepinus.[2]
Subfamilies
Thirteen subfamilies are in the family Opisthorchiidae:[1] but their number is inconsistent:[1]
- Allogomtiotrematinae - Gupta, 1955; Yamaguti, 1958 - two genera
- Aphallinae - Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
- Delphinicolinae - Yamaguti, 1933 - one genus
- Diasiellinae - Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
- Metorchiinae- Luhe, 1909 - four genera
- Oesophagicolinae - Yamaguti, 1933 - one genus
- Opisthorchiinae - Yamaguti, 1899 - 14 genera
- Pachytrematinae - Railliet, 1919; Ejsmont, 1931 - one genus
- Plotnikoviinae- Skrjabin, 1945; Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - one genus
- Pseudamphimerinae- Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - three genera
- Pseudamphistominae - Yamaguti, 1958 - two genera
- Ratziinae - Dollfus, 1929; Price, 1940 - one genus
- Tubangorchiinae - Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
Genera
The family Opisthorchiidae consists of 33 valid genera:[1]
- AgrawalotremaSahay & Sahay, 1988
- Allogomtiotrema Yamaguti, 1958
- AmphimerusBarker, 1911
- CladocystisPoche, 1926
- ClonorchisLooss, 1907
- CyclorchisLuhe, 1908
- Delphinicola Yamaguti, 1933
- DiasiellaTravassos, 1949
- ErschoviorchisSkrjabin, 1945
- Euamphimerus Yamaguti, 1941
- EvranorchisSkrjabin, 1944
- GomtiaThapar, 1930
- HepatiariusFedzullaev, 1961
- HolometraLooss, 1899
- MetametorchisMorozov, 1939
- Metorchis Looss, 1899
- MicrotremaKobayashi, 1915
- NigerinaBaugh, 1958
- Oesophagicola Yamaguti, 1933
- Opisthorchis Blanchard, 1895
- PachytremaLooss, 1907
- ParametorchisSkrjabin, 1913
- ParopisthorchisStephens, 1912
- Plotnikovia Skrjabin, 1945
- PseudamphimerusGower, 1940
- PseudamphistomumLuhe, 1908
- PseudogomtiotremaGupta & Jain, 1991
- RatziaPoche, 1926
- SatyapaliaLakshminarayana & Hafeezullah, 1974
- ThaparotremaGupta, 1955
- TrionychotremaChin & Zhang, 1981
- TubangorchisSkrjabin, 1944
- WitenbergiaVaz, 1932
References
- ^ PMID 11590910.
- ^ Jansen van Rensburg, C., van As, J.G. & King, P.H. 2013. New records of digenean parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Pisces: Clariidae) from the Okavango Delta, Botswana, with description of Thaparotrema botswanensis sp. n. (Plathelminthes: Trematoda). African Invertebrates 54 (2): 431–446.[1]