Xiphidiata

Xiphidiata is a suborder of Plagiorchiida, an order of parasitic flatworms (flukes).

Xiphidiata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Suborder:	Xiphidiata Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003

The following superfamilies are in the suborder Xiphidiata:^[1][2]

• Brachycladioidea Odhner, 1905
• Gorgoderoidea Looss, 1901
• Microphalloidea Ward, 1901
• Opecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925
• Plagiorchioidea Lühe, 1901
• Troglotrematoidea Odhner, 1914

The genus Zdzitowieckitrema, with the single species Zdzitowieckitrema incognitum, described by Sokolov, Lebedeva, Gordeev, & Khasanov in 2017,^[3] is yet unplaced within the suborder Xiphidiata.

References

1. "Xiphidiata". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
2. Olson, P.D.; Cribb, T.H.; Tkach, V.V.; Bray, R.A.; Littlewood, D.T.J. (July 2003). "Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda)". International Journal for Parasitology. 33 (7): 733–755. doi:10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00049-3. PMID 12814653.
3. Sokolov, S. G.; Lebedeva, Daria I.; Gordeev, Ilya I.; Khasanov, F. K. (14 December 2017). "Zdzitowieckitrema incognitum gen. et sp. nov. (Trematoda, Xiphidiata) from the Antarctic fish Muraenolepis marmorata Günther, 1880 (Gadiformes: Muraenolepidae): ordinary morphology but unclear family affiliation". Marine Biodiversity. 49: 451–462. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0830-0. S2CID 255612288.