Batrachotrematidae
| Batrachotrematidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Suborder: | Xiphidiata |
| Superfamily: | Opecoelioidea |
| Family: | Batrachotrematidae Dollfus & Williams, 1966[1] |
Batrachotrematidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.
Genera
[edit]The following genera are described severally, and by Rizvi, et al. (2012):[2]
- Batrachotrema Dollfus & Williams, 1966[1]
- Opisthioparorchis Wang, 1980[3]
The following additional genera are described by Cribb (2005),[4] but are not discussed in Rizvi, et al. (2012)[2] or other studies:
- Gigantodiscum Wang, 1980[3]
- Rhacophotrema Uchida, Itagaki & Inoue, 1980[5]
Cribb (2005)[4] noted that most species of Batrachotrematidae are poorly described, and many seem to be different from the type-species of the genera to which they belong. A lack of molecular studies prevent adequate classification of the species;[2] Cribb (2005)[4] describes the split between African and Asian species, which parasitise different types of frogs, as possibly warranting a separate distinction at the family level. The lack of clarity regarding the definition of the family, and the lack of molecular and life-cycle studies on the putative species, makes Batrachotrematidae one of the worst-defined digenean families.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dollfus, R. P. & Williams, M. O. (1966). Recherche des affinités naturelles d'un distome (Trematoda: Prosostomata) parasite de batracien anoure de Sierra-Leone. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 38, 201–207.
- ^ a b c Rizvi, A. N., Bursey, C. R. & Bhutia, P. T. (2012). Three new species of Digenea (Batrachotrematidae) in Nanorana minica (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Uttarakhand, India. Acta Parasitologica, 57(2), 154–159.
- ^ a b Wang, P. (1980). Report on some trematodes from amphibians and reptiles in Fujian, South China. Fujian Shida Xueba, 2, 81–92.
- ^ a b c Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Batrachotrematidae Dollfus and Williams, 1966. In Bray, R., Gibson, D. & Jones, A. (Eds.), Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 2 (pp. 437–442). London, UK: CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum.
- ^ Uchida, A., Itagaki, H. & Inoue, H. (1980). Studies on the amphibian helminths in Japan, 7. Rhacophotrema itagakii n. g. et n. sp. and Opisthioglyphe japonicus n. sp. (Digenea: Omphalometridae) from frogs. Japanese Journal of Parasitology, 29(2), 109–113.