Biology:Heterophyidae

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Short description: Family of intestinal worms

Heterophyidae
"Metagonimus yokogawai" specimen
Metagonimus yokogawai specimen
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Suborder: Opisthorchiata
Superfamily: Opisthorchioidea
Family: Heterophyidae
Leiper, 1909[1]
Genera, subgenera, and species[2]

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.

Life cycle of Heterophyes heterophyes

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

  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" (in English) (HTML). Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=84526&lvl=3&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock. Retrieved 1 March 2019. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3134892 entry