Heterophyidae

Heterophyidae
	Metagonimus yokogawai specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Superfamily:	Opisthorchioidea
Family:	Heterophyidae; Leiper, 1909
Genera, subgenera, and species
	Acanthotrema Acanthotrema tridactyla ; ; Acetodextra Acetodextra amiuri ; ; Apophallus Apophallus brevis ; Apophallus donicus ; Apophallus cf. microsoma ; Apophallus muehlingi ; Apophallus zalophi ; ; Ascocotyle Ascocotyle cameliae ; Ascocotyle patagoniensis ; Phagicola Ascocotyle longa ; Ascocotyle nana ; Ascocotyle pindoramensis ; ; ; Centrocestus Centrocestus caninus ; Centrocestus formosanus ; ; Cryptocotyle Cryptocotyle lingua ; ; Dexiogonimus Dexiogonimus ciureanus ; ; Euryhelmis Euryhelmis costaricensis ; Euryhelmis zelleri ; ; Galactosomum Galactosomum bearupi ; Galactosomum lacteum ; Galactosomum ubelakeri ; ; Haplorchis Haplorchis popelkae ; Haplorchis pumilio ; Haplorchis taichui ; Haplorchis yokogawai ; ; Haplorchoides Haplorchoides daguilarensis ; Haplorchoides maiwariensis ; Haplorchoides mehrai ; ; Heterophyes Heterophyes dispar ; Heterophyes heterophyes ; Heterophyes nocens ; ; Heterophyopsis Heterophyopsis continua ; ; Metagonimoides Metagonimoides oregonensis ; ; Metagonimus Metagonimus hakubaensis ; Metagonimus katsuradai ; Metagonimus miyatai ; Metagonimus otsurui ; Metagonimus pusillus ; Metagonimus suifunensis ; Metagonimus takahashii ; Metagonimus yokogawai ; ; Phocitrema Phocitrema fusiforme ; ; Procerovum Procerovum cheni ; Procerovum varium ; ; Pygidiopsis Pygidiopsis genata ; Pygidiopsis macrostomum ; Pygidiopsis summa ; ; Stellantchasmus Stellantchasmus falcatus ; ; Stictodora Stictodora lari ; ; Telogaster Telogaster opisthorchis ; ;

Heterophyidae is a family of intestinal trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.

Description: "Tegument covered by spines. Oral sucker not armed or armed by cyrcumoral spines. Pharynx presented. Genital synus presented. Ventral and genital suckers usually not combined. Cirrus and bursa absent. Two testes located in posterior part of the body. Vitellaria in posterior part of the body."

First intermediate hosts are molluscs of Prosobranchia, second intermediate hosts are fishes. Definite hosts are birds and mammals, including humans.

Genera

Acanthotrema Travassos, 1928
Alloheterophyes Pearson, 1999
Apophallus Lühe, 1909
Ascocotyle Looss, 1899
Centrocestus Looss, 1899
Cercarioides Witenberg, 1929
Condylocotyla Pearson & Prevot, 1985
Cryptocotyle Lühe, 1899
Dermocystis Stafford, 1905
Galactosomum Looss, 1899
Haplorchis Looss, 1899
Haplorchoides Chen, 1949
Heterophyes Cobbold, 1866
Heterophyopsis Tubangui & Africa, 1938
Heterotestophyes Leonov, 1957
Irinaia Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1966
Metagonimus Katsurada, 1912
Neostictodora Sogandares-Bernal, 1959
Opisthometra Poche, 1926
Pandiontrema Oshmarin, 1963
Phocitrema Goto & Ozaki, 1930
Phocitremoides Martin, 1950
Pholeter Odhner, 1915
Procerovum Onji & Nishio, 1916
Protoheterophyes Pearson, 2002
Pseudogalactosoma Yamaguti, 1942
Pseudopygidiopsis Yamaguti, 1971
Pygidiopsis Looss, 1907
Pygidiopsoides Martin, 1951
Scaphanocephalus Jägerskiöld, 1903
Sonkulitrema Ablasov & Chibichenko, 1960
Stellantchasmus Onji & Nishio, 1916
Stictodora Looss, 1899
Taphrogonymus Cohn, 1904
Tetracladium Kulachkova, 1954

References

^ Leiper, R. T. (1909). London School of Tropical Medicine. "Report of the helminthologist for the six months ending 30th April, 1908". In, Report of the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund for the Year 1908 (pp. 35–39). London: Tropical Diseases Research Fund, Advisory Committee.
^ "Heterophyidae" (HTML). NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

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[I-1] Leiper, R. T. (1909). London School of Tropical Medicine. "Report of the helminthologist for the six months ending 30th April, 1908". In, Report of the Advisory Committee for the Tropical Diseases Research Fund for the Year 1908 (pp. 35–39). London: Tropical Diseases Research Fund, Advisory Committee.

[2] "Heterophyidae" (HTML). NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

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