| Opisthorchiidae | |
|---|---|
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| 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  | 
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  | 
![]() Opisthorchis viverrini  | 
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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
 
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