Opisthorchiata

Opisthorchiata is a suborder of flatworms in the subclass Digenea.

Opisthorchiata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Suborder:	Opisthorchiata La Rue, 1957[1]

Families

• Superfamily Opisthorchioidea Braun, 1901^[2]
  • Cryptogonimidae Ward, 1917^[3]
  • Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909^[4]
  • Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899^[5]

References

1. La Rue, G. R. (1957). The classification of digenetic Trematoda: a review and a new system. Experimental Parasitology, 6, 306–349.
2. Braun, M. (1901). Zur revision der Trematoden der Vögel. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, 1(29), 895–897.
3. Ward, H. B. (1917). On the structure and classification of North American parasitic worms. The Journal of Parasitology, 4(1), 1–12.
4. 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.
5. Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 12, 521–784.