Echinostomata

Echinostomata
Adult Common Liver Flukes (Fasciola hepatica, left) and Giant Liver Fluke (Fascioloides magna) of the Fasciolidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Suborder: Echinostomata
La Rue, 1926[1]

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

  1. ^ La Rue, G. R. (1926). Studies on the trematode family Strigeidae (Holostomidae. II. Taxonomy; III. Relationships). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 45, 265–280.