Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Schistosomatoidea Rank Family Subclass Digenea | Suborder Strigeata Phylum Platyhelminthes Order Strigeidida | |
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Similar Digenea, Schistosomatidae, Strigeidida, Trichobilharzia | ||
Spirorchiidae is a family of digenetic trematodes. Infestation by these trematodes leads to the disease state commonly called spirorchiidiosis. Spirorchiids are parasites of turtles.
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Genera
Genera in the family Spirorchiidae include:
Hosts
Some species of spirochiids are parasites of the freshwater snail Indoplanorbis exustus.
The cardiovascular parasites Learedius learedi, Hapalotrema postorchis, Monticellius indicum and Amphiorchis solus have been found in the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).
Spirhapalum siamensis is a parasite found in the heart of the Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis).
References
Spirorchiidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA