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Opisthorchiidae 
Clonorchis sinensis under a light microscope. Scientific classification 
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Platyhelminthes Class: Trematoda Order: Opisthorchiida Family: Opisthorchiidae
Looss, 1899Opisthorchiidae is a family of digeneans, parasitic flatworms.
The most medically important species in the family Opisthorchiidae are Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini and Opisthorchis felineus,[1] that are causing disease clonorchiasis.[1]
Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Subfamilies
There are 13 subfamilies in the family Opisthorchiidae,[1] but their number is incosistent:[1]
- Allogomtiotrematinae (Gupta, 1955) Yamaguti, 1958 - two genera
- Aphallinae Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
- Delphinicolinae Yamaguti, 1933 - one genus
- Diasiellinae Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
- Metorchiinae Luhe, 1909 - four genera
- Oesophagicolinae Yamaguti, 1933 - one genus
- Opisthorchiinae Yamaguti, 1899 - 14 genera
- Pachytrematinae (Railliet, 1919) Ejsmont, 1931 - one genus
- Plotnikoviinae (Skrjabin, 1945) Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - one genus
- Pseudamphimerinae Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - three genera
- Pseudamphistominae Yamaguti, 1958 - two genera
- Ratziinae (Dollfus, 1929) Price, 1940 - one genus
- Tubangorchiinae Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
Genera
The family Opisthorchiidae consist of 33 valid genera:[1]
- Agrawalotrema Sahay & Sahay, 1988
- Allogomtiotrema Yamaguti, 1958
- Amphimerus Barker, 1911
- Cladocystis Poche, 1926
- Clonorchis Looss, 1907
- Cyclorchis Luhe, 1908
- Delphinicola Yamaguti, 1933
- Diasiella Travassos, 1949
- Erschoviorchis Skrjabin, 1945
- Euamphimerus Yamaguti, 1941
- Evranorchis Skrjabin, 1944
- Gomtia Thapar, 1930
- Hepatiarius Fedzullaev, 1961
- Holometra Looss, 1899
- Metametorchis Morozov, 1939
- Metorchis Looss, 1899
- Microtrema Kobayashi, 1915
- Nigerina Baugh, 1958
- Oesophagicola Yamaguti, 1933
- Opisthorchis Blanchard, 1895
- Pachytrema Looss, 1907
- Parametorchis Skrjabin, 1913
- Paropisthorchis Stephens, 1912
- Plotnikovia Skrjabin, 1945
- Pseudamphimerus Gower, 1940
- Pseudamphistomum Luhe, 1908
- Pseudogomtiotrema Gupta & Jain, 1991
- Ratzia Poche, 1926
- Satyapalia Lakshminarayana & Hafeezullah, 1974
- Thaparotrema Gupta, 1955
- Trionychotrema Chin & Zhang, 1981
- Tubangorchis Skrjabin, 1944
- Witenbergia Vaz, 1932
References
- ^ a b c d e f King1 S. & Scholz T. (2001). "Trematodes of the family Opisthorchiidae: a minireview". Korean Journal of Parasitology 39(3): 209–221. doi:10.3347/kjp.2001.39.3.209, PMC PMC2721069.
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