Zoogonata
Encyclopedia
The Zoogonata are one of the mid-sized suborders of plagiorchiida
n flatworm
s. They belong to the Digenea
, a large subclass
of flukes.
The following families
are placed here:
Plagiorchiida
The Plagiorchiida are a large order of flatworms. 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:...
n 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.
The following families
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
are placed here:
- Lissorchiidae
- Monorchiidae
- Octotestidae
- Steganodermatidae Dollfus, 1952
- ZoogonidaeZoogonidaeThe Zoogonidae are a family of parasitic flatworms. They are the namesake family of the suborder Zoogonata in the order Plagiorchiida.Selected genera are:* Brevicreadium* Deretrema Linton, 1910* Diphtherostomum Stossich, 1904...