Opisthorchiidae

Opisthorchiidae
Clonorchis sinensis under a light microscope.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Opisthorchiida
Family:	Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899

Opisthorchiidae 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]

Clonorchis sinensis

Opisthorchis viverrini

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

1. ^ ^{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.