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Strigeidida

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Digenea

Higher classification
  
Digenea

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Scientific name
  
Strigeatida

Rank
  
Order

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Lower classifications
  
Schistosomatidae, Leucochloridium, Blood‑flukes

The Strigeidida are an order of flatworms, belonging to the large group Digenea.

It is usually divided into the suborders Strigeata and Brachylaimata. The former contain the Strigeoidea, Schistosomatoidea, Clinostomatoidea and Transversotrematoidea, the latter the Brachylaimoidea, Fellodistomatoidea and Bucephaloidea.

A notable member is the genus Schistosoma, the blood fluke which causes bilharziosis.

References

Strigeidida Wikipedia