Plagiorchiida
Encyclopedia
The Plagiorchiida are a large order
of flatworm
s. They belong to the Digenea
, a large subclass
of flukes. Unlike the related Echinostomida
and Strigeidida
, they contain relatively few significant parasites of humans.
The following suborders are placed here:
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of flatworm
Flatworm
The flatworms, known in scientific literature as Platyhelminthes or Plathelminthes are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrate animals...
s. They belong to the Digenea
Digenea
Digenea is a subclass within the Platyhelminthes consisting of parasitic flatworms with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral. Adults are particularly common in the digestive tract, but occur throughout the organ systems of all classes of vertebrates...
, a large subclass
Class (biology)
In biological classification, class is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, with class fitting between phylum and order...
of flukes. Unlike the related Echinostomida
Echinostomida
The Echinostomida are an order of flatworms, belonging to the large group Digenea.Apart from the suborders listed, the superfamily Notocotyloidea and the family Pachytrematidae are also placed here as more basal taxa incertae sedis.- Life cycle :...
and Strigeidida
Strigeidida
The Strigeidida are an order of flatworms, belonging to the large group Digenea.It is usually divided into the suborders Strigeata and Brachylaimata...
, they contain relatively few significant parasites of humans.
The following suborders are placed here:
- Allocreadiata Skrjabin, Petrow, Koval, 1958
- Eucotylata Odening, 1961
- Opecoelata Odening, 1960
- PlagiorchiataPlagiorchiataThe Plagiorchiata are by far the largest suborder of plagiorchiidan flatworms. They belong to the Digenea, a large subclass of flukes. These parasites rarely if ever affect humans, but domestic animals may be severely affected bby some species...
- Troglotremata Schell, 1980
- ZoogonataZoogonataThe Zoogonata are one of the mid-sized suborders of plagiorchiidan flatworms. They belong to the Digenea, a large subclass of flukes.The following families are placed here:* Lissorchiidae* Monorchiidae* Octotestidae* Steganodermatidae Dollfus, 1952...
Odening, 1961