Schistosomatoidea

Schistosomatoidea
Egg of Schistosoma mansoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Diplostomida
Suborder:	Diplostomata
Superfamily:	Schistosomatoidea Stiles & Hassall, 1898

The Schistosomatoidea are a superfamily of digenetic trematodes.[1]

Families

• Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912
• Schistosomatidae Stiles & Hassall, 1898
• Spirorchiidae Stunkard, 1921

References

1. Snyder, S. D. (2004). Phylogeny and paraphyly among tetrapod blood flukes (Digenea: Schistosomatidae and Spirorchiidae). International Journal for Parasitology 34(12), 1385-92.