Cyclocoelinae

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Cyclocoelinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Cyclocoelidae
Subfamily: Cyclocoelinae
Stossich, 1902

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

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