Plagiorchiida

Plagiorchiida is a large order of trematodes, synonymous to Echinostomida. They belong to the Digenea, a large subclass of flukes. This order contains relatively few significant parasites of humans.^[1]

Phylum:Platyhelminthes

Class:Trematoda

Subclass:Digenea

Order:Plagiorchiida
La Rue, 1957

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Plagiorchiida
Paragonimus westermani (Troglotremata: Paragonimidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Subclass:	Digenea
Order:	Plagiorchiida La Rue, 1957

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The following families are placed here, organised by superfamily and suborder:^[2][3]

• Apocreadiata
  • Apocreadioidea Skrjabin, 1942
    • Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942
• Bivesiculata
  • Bivesiculoidea
    • Bivesiculidae Yamaguti, 1934
• Bucephalata
  • Bucephaloidea Poche, 1907
    • Bucephalidae Poche, 1907
    • Nuitrematidae Kurochkin, 1975
• Echinostomata
  • Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1902
    • Caballerotrematidae Tkach, Kudlai & Kostadinova, 2016
    • Calycodidae Dollfus, 1929
    • Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902
    • Echinochasmidae Odhner, 1910
    • Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899
    • Fasciolidae Railliet, 1895
    • Himasthlidae Odhner, 1910
    • Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899
    • Psilostomidae Looss, 1900
    • Rhytidodidae Odhner, 1926
    • Typhlocoelidae Harrah, 1922
• Gymnophallata
  • Gymnophalloidea Odhner, 1905
    • Botulisaccidae Yamaguti, 1971
    • Fellodistomidae Nicoll, 1909
    • Gymnophallidae Odhner, 1905
    • Tandanicolidae Johnston, 1927
• Haploporata
  • Haploporoidea Nicoll, 1914
    • Atractotrematidae Yamaguti, 1939
    • Haploporidae Nicoll, 1914
• Haplosplanchnata
  • Haplosplanchnoidea Poche, 1925
    • Haplosplanchnidae Poche, 1926
• Hemiurata
  • Azygioidea Lühe, 1909
    • Azygiidae Lühe, 1909
  • Hemiuroidea Looss, 1899
    • Accacoeliidae Odhner, 1911
    • Bathycotylidae Dollfus, 1932
    • Derogenidae Nicoll, 1910
    • Dictysarcidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955
    • Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888
    • Gonocercidae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955
    • Hemiuridae Looss, 1899
    • Hirudinellidae Dollfus, 1932
    • Isoparorchiidae Travassos, 1922
    • Lecithasteridae Odhner, 1905
    • Ptychogonimidae Dollfus, 1937
    • Sclerodistomidae Odhner, 1927
    • Sclerodistomoididae Gibson & Bray, 1979
    • Syncoeliidae Looss, 1899
• Heronimata
  • Heronimoidea Ward, 1918
    • Heronimidae Ward, 1918
• Lepocreadiata
  • Lepocreadioidea Odhner, 1905
    • Aephnidiogenidae Yamaguti, 1934
    • Enenteridae Yamaguti, 1958
    • Gorgocephalidae Manter, 1966
    • Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929
    • Lepidapedidae Yamaguti, 1958
    • Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905
    • Lepocreadioidea incertae sedis
    • Liliatrematidae Gubanov, 1953
• Monorchiata
  • Monorchioidea Odhner, 1911
    • Deropristidae Cable & Hunninen, 1942
    • Lissorchiidae Magath, 1917
    • Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911
• Opisthorchiata
  • Opisthorchioidea Braun, 1901
    • Cryptogonimidae Ward, 1917
    • Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909
    • Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899
• Pronocephalata
  • Paramphistomoidea Fischoeder, 1901
    • Cladorchiidae Fischoeder, 1901
    • Mesometridae Poche, 1926
    • Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900
    • Paramphistomidae Fischoeder, 1901
  • Pronocephaloidea Looss, 1899
    • Labicolidae Blair, 1979
    • Notocotylidae Lühe, 1909
    • Nudacotylidae Barker, 1916
    • Opisthotrematidae Poche, 1926
    • Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899
    • Rhabdiopoeidae Poche, 1926
• Transversotremata
  • Transversotrematoidea Witenberg, 1944
    • Transversotrematidae Witenberg, 1944
• Xiphidiata
  • Brachycladioidea Odhner, 1905
    • Acanthocolpidae Lühe, 1906
    • Brachycladiidae Odhner, 1905
  • Gorgoderoidea Looss, 1901
    • Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902
    • Anchitrematidae Mehra, 1935
    • Braunotrematidae Yamaguti, 1958
    • Callodistomidae Odhner, 1910
    • Collyriclidae Ward, 1917
    • Dicrocoeliidae Looss, 1899
    • Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931
    • Gorgoderidae Looss, 1899
    • Mesocoeliidae Faust, 1924
    • Orchipedidae Skrjabin, 1913
  • Microphalloidea Ward, 1901
    • Diplangidae Yamaguti, 1971
    • Eucotylidae Skrjabin, 1924
    • Exotidendriidae Mehra, 1935
    • Faustulidae Poche, 1926
    • Lecithodendriidae Lühe, 1901
    • Microphallidae Ward, 1901
    • Pachypsolidae Yamaguti, 1958
    • Phaneropsolidae Mehra, 1935
    • Pleurogenidae Looss, 1899
    • Prosthogonimidae Lühe, 1909
    • Renicolidae Dollfus, 1939
    • Zoogonidae Odhner, 1902
  • Opecoelioidea Ozaki, 1925
    • Batrachotrematidae Dollfus & Williams, 1966
    • Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925
    • Zdzitowieckitrema Sokolov, Lebedeva, Gordeev & Khasanov, 2019
  • Plagiorchioidea Lühe, 1901
    • Auridistomidae Lühe, 1901
    • Brachycoeliidae Looss, 1899
    • Cephalogonimidae Looss, 1899
    • Choanocotylidae Jue Sue & Platt, 1998
    • Echinoporidae Krasnolobova & Timofeeva, 1965
    • Leptophallidae Dayal, 1938
    • Macroderoididae McMullen, 1937
    • Meristocotylidae Fischthal & Kuntz, 1981
    • Ocadiatrematidae Fischthal & Kuntz, 1981
    • Orientocreadiidae Yamaguti, 1958
    • Plagiorchiidae Lühe, 1901
    • Styphlotrematidae Baer, 1924
    • Telorchiidae Looss, 1899
    • Thrinascotrematidae Jue Sue & Platt, 1999
  • Troglotrematoidea Odhner, 1914
    • Paragonimidae Dollfus, 1939
    • Troglotrematidae Odhner, 1914