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Hemiuroidea Looss, 1899

108418  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108418)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Trematoda (Class)
  7. Digenea (Subclass)
  8. Plagiorchiida (Order)
  9. Hemiurata (Suborder)
  10. Hemiuroidea (Superfamily)
accepted
Superfamily

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  1. Family Accacoeliidae Odhner, 1911
  2. Family Bathycotylidae Dollfus, 1932
  3. Family Bunocotylidae Dollfus, 1950
  4. Family Derogenidae Nicoll, 1910
  5. Family Dictysarcidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955
  6. Family Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888
  7. Family Gonocercidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955
  8. Family Hemiuridae Looss, 1899
  9. Family Hirudinellidae Dollfus, 1932
  10. Family Lecithasteridae Odhner, 1905
  11. Family Lecithophyllidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954
  12. Family Merlucciotrematidae Vainutis & Voronova, 2025
  13. Family Paraccacladiidae Bray & Gibson, 1977
  14. Family Ptychogonimidae Dollfus, 1937
  15. Family Sclerodistomidae Odhner, 1927
  16. Family Sclerodistomoididae Gibson & Bray, 1979
  17. Family Syncoeliidae Looss, 1899
  18. Family Aerobiotrematidae Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Dictysarcidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Family Bhaleraoiidae Srivastava, 1949 accepted as Sclerodistomidae Odhner, 1927 (synonym)
  20. Family Biporidae Malhotra, Nanda, Mukherjee, Ghosh, Sukul & Capoor, 1989 accepted as Hemiuridae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
  21. Family Botulidae Guiart, 1938 accepted as Hirudinellidae Dollfus, 1932 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Family Cylindrorchiidae Poche, 1926 accepted as Dictysarcidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Family Didymoclinidae Pozdnyakov, 1993 accepted as Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888 (synonym)
  24. Family Didymodiclinidae Pozdnyakov, 1994 accepted as Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888
  25. Family Dinuridae Looss, 1907 accepted as Hemiuridae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
  26. Family Dinuridae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954 accepted as Hemiuridae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
  27. Family Elytrophallidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955 accepted as Hemiuridae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
  28. Subfamily Gigantogorgoderinae Machida & Kuramochi, 1994 accepted as Gonocercidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955
  29. Family Lampritrematidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955 accepted as Hirudinellidae Dollfus, 1932 (synonym)
  30. Subfamily Lampritrematinae Yamaguti, 1940 accepted as Hirudinellidae Dollfus, 1932 (synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1977)
    1. Family Lecithochiriidae Lühe, 1901 accepted as Hemiuridae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
    2. Family Lecithochiriidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954 accepted as Hemiuridae Looss, 1899 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
    3. Family Lobatovitelliovariidae Yamaguti, 1965 accepted as Prolecithinae Yamaguti, 1971
    4. Family Lobatovitellovariidae Yamaguti, 1965 accepted as Lecithasteridae Odhner, 1905 (synonym)
    5. Family Mabiaramidae Teixeira de Freitas & Kohn, 1967 accepted as Sclerodistomidae Odhner, 1927 (synonym)
    6. Family Mediolecithidae Oshmarin, 1968 accepted as Hirudinellidae Dollfus, 1932 (synonym)
    7. Family Pelorohelminthidae Fischthal & Thomas, 1968 accepted as Dictysarcidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    8. Family Prosogonotrematidae Vigueras, 1940 accepted as Sclerodistomidae Odhner, 1927 (synonym)
    9. Epifamily Sclerodistomatidae Dolfus, 1932 accepted as Sclerodistomidae Odhner, 1927 (synonym)
    marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
    Not documented
    WoRMS (2025). Hemiuroidea Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108418 on 2025-05-31
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    2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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    Gibson, David
    2010-04-26 13:13:54Z
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    Cribb, Thomas

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    Nomenclature

    basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

    Taxonomy

    taxonomy source Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604 [details] 

    taxonomy source Louvard, C.; Cutmore, S. C.; Yong, R. Q.; Dang, C.; Cribb, T. H. (2022). First elucidation of a didymozoid life cycle: Saccularina magnacetabula n. gen. n. sp. infecting an arcid bivalve. International Journal for Parasitology. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.11.012 [details] 

    taxonomy source Sokolov, S. G.; Atopkin, D. M.; Urabe, M.; Gordeev, I. I. (2019). Phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily Hemiuroidea (Platyhelminthes, Neodermata: Trematoda) based on partial 28S rDNA sequences. Parasitology. 146 (5): 596-603., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182018001841 [details] 

    Identification resource

    identification resource Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 51 (2): 289–393.
    page(s): 295 [details] 

    identification resource Gibson, D.I. (2002). Superfamily Hemiuroidea Looss, 1899. In: Gibson, D.I., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. [Eds]. Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1. Wallingford: CAB International & the Natural History Museum, pp. 299–304.
    page(s): 299 [details] 

    identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1960). Classification and general morphological and biological characterization of trematodes of the suborder Hemiurata. Osnovy Trematodologii. 17: 532–640. (In Russian). (IPST Jerusalem 1964 369–444).
    page(s): 608, 618 [details] 

    identification resource Manter, H. W. (1970). The terminology and occurrence of certain structures of digenetic trematodes, with special reference to the Hemiuroidea. In:. H.D. Srivastava Commemoration Volume. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, U.P., India, pp. 27–33.
    page(s): 27 [details] 

    identification resource Vainutis, K. S.; Voronova, A. N. (2025). New insights in the systematics of the Hemiuroidea (Digenea: Hemiurata) based on the integrative taxonomy approach. Systematic Parasitology. 102:17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-024-10209-5 [details] 

    Other

    context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

    context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

    additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

    additional source Blair, D., Bray, R.A., Barker, S.C. (1998). Molecules and morphology in phylogenetic studies of the Hemiuroidea (Digenea: Trematoda: Platyhelminthes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 9, 15-25.
    page(s): 15 [details] 

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