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Zoogonidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Zoogonidae

Higher classification
  
Zoogonata

Order
  
Plagiorchiida

Suborder
  
Zoogonata

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Rank
  
Family

Zoogonidae

Similar
  
Tylosurus acus, Cochliopidae, Heterophyidae, Grey triggerfish, Heleobia

The Zoogonidae are a family of parasitic flatworms. They are the namesake family of the suborder Zoogonata in the order Plagiorchiida.

Selected genera are:

  • Brevicreadium
  • Deretrema Linton, 1910
  • Diphtherostomum Stossich, 1904
  • Glaucivermis Overstreet, 1971
  • Limnoderetrema Bray, 1987
  • Neozoogonus Arai, 1954
  • Parvipyrum
  • Oesophagotrema Chaari, Derbel & Neifar, 2011
  • Proparvipyrum
  • Pseudochetosoma
  • Pseudozoogonoides
  • Steganoderma Stafford, 1904
  • Zoogonoides Odhner, 1902
  • Zoogonus Looss, 1901
  • References

    Zoogonidae Wikipedia