Echinostomatidae
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Echinostoma + -idae (taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
editEchinostomatidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Plagiorchiida – digenetic trematode worms that are rare in man but common and widely distributed as parasites of birds and lower vertebrates and are distinguished by having the anterior end modified and armed with spines.
Hypernyms
edit- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Trematoda - infraclass; Plagiorchiida - order; Echinostomata - suborder; Echinostomatoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
edit- (family): Echinostoma - type genus; Artyfechinostomum, Baschkirovitrema, Cathaemasia, Chaunocephalus, Drepanocephalus, Echinoparyphium, Euparyphium, Hypoderaeum, Isthmiophora, Mesorchis, Moliniella, Neoacanthoparyphium, Neopetasiger, Patagifer, Pegosomum, Petasiger, Prionosoma, Protechinostoma, Rhopalias, Ribeiroia, Uroproctepisthmium - other genera
References
edit- Echinostomatidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Echinostomatidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Echinostomatidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information