Gastrodiscoides

Translingual

Etymology

From Gastrodiscus +‎ -oides (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Gastrodiscoides m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Paramphistomidae – amphistome trematode worms including a common intestinal parasite (Gastrodiscoides hominis) of humans and swine in southeastern Asia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass; Trematoda - infraclass; Plagiorchiida - order; Pronocephalata - suborder; Paramphistomoidea - superfamily; Paramphistomidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gastrodiscoides hominis - sole accepted species

References

• Gastrodiscoides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gastrodiscoides at National Center for Biotechnology Information