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Echinostomata

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Echinostomata is a suborder of the parasitic flatworm order Plagiorchiida. The suborder contains numerous species that are parasitic in humans.

Species

Suborder

  1. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  2. ClassTrematoda
  3. OrderPlagiorchiida
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Echinostomida
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Echinostomata
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Echinostomata is a suborder of the parasitic flatworm order Plagiorchiida. The suborder contains numerous species that are parasitic in humans.

==Families== All families are in the superfamily Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1902. It has been synonymised with Cyclocoeloidea Stossich, 1902. Calycodidae Dollfus, 1929 Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902 Echinochasmidae Odhner, 1910 Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899 Fasciolidae Railliet, 1895 Himasthlidae Odhner, 1910 Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899 Psilostomidae Looss, 1900 Rhopaliidae Looss, 1899 Rhytidodidae Odhner, 1926 Typhlocoelidae Harrah, 1922

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