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Echinostomata

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

Class:Trematoda
Suborder:Echinostomata
La Rue, 1926[1]
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Echinostomata
Adult Common Liver Flukes (Fasciola hepatica, left) and Giant Liver Fluke (Fascioloides magna) of the Fasciolidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Suborder: Echinostomata
La Rue, 1926[1]
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All families are in the superfamily Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1902.[2] It has been synonymised with Cyclocoeloidea Stossich, 1902.[3]

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