Opisthorchiidae

Opisthorchiidae
	Clonorchis sinensis under a light microscope
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Suborder:	Opisthorchiata
Superfamily:	Opisthorchioidea
Family:	Opisthorchiidae; Looss, 1899

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Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

The most medically important species in the family Opisthorchiidae are Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, and Opisthorchis felineus,^[1] that are causes of the disease clonorchiasis.^[1]

Some species are parasites of economically important fish, e.g. Clarias gariepinus.^[2]

Clonorchis sinensis

Subfamilies

Thirteen subfamilies are in the family Opisthorchiidae:^[1] but their number is inconsistent:^[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 consists 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 King, S.; Scholz, T. Š. (2001). "Trematodes of the family Opisthorchiidae: A minireview". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 39 (3): 209–221. doi:10.3347/kjp.2001.39.3.209. PMC 2721069. PMID 11590910.
^ Jansen van Rensburg, C., van As, J.G. & King, P.H. 2013. New records of digenean parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Pisces: Clariidae) from the Okavango Delta, Botswana, with description of Thaparotrema botswanensis sp. n. (Plathelminthes: Trematoda). African Invertebrates 54 (2): 431–446.[1]

[Kingl_2001-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f King, S.; Scholz, T. Š. (2001). "Trematodes of the family Opisthorchiidae: A minireview". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 39 (3): 209–221. doi:10.3347/kjp.2001.39.3.209. PMC 2721069. PMID 11590910.

[2] Jansen van Rensburg, C., van As, J.G. & King, P.H. 2013. New records of digenean parasites of Clarias gariepinus (Pisces: Clariidae) from the Okavango Delta, Botswana, with description of Thaparotrema botswanensis sp. n. (Plathelminthes: Trematoda). African Invertebrates 54 (2): 431–446.[1]

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