Family of flukes
Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution .[1]
The most medically important species in the family Opisthorchiidae are Clonorchis sinensis , Opisthorchis viverrini , and Opisthorchis felineus ,[1] that are causes of the disease clonorchiasis .[1]
Some species are parasites of economically important fish, e.g. Clarias gariepinus .[2]
Clonorchis sinensis
Opisthorchis viverrini
Subfamilies
Thirteen subfamilies are in the family Opisthorchiidae:[1] but their number is inconsistent:[1]
Allogomtiotrematinae - Gupta, 1955; Yamaguti , 1958 - two genera
Aphallinae - Yamaguti , 1958 - one genus
Delphinicolinae - Yamaguti , 1933 - one genus
Diasiellinae - Yamaguti , 1958 - one genus
Metorchiinae - Luhe, 1909 - four genera
Oesophagicolinae - Yamaguti , 1933 - one genus
Opisthorchiinae - Yamaguti , 1899 - 14 genera
Pachytrematinae - Railliet , 1919; Ejsmont, 1931 - one genus
Plotnikoviinae - Skrjabin, 1945; Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - one genus
Pseudamphimerinae - Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - three genera
Pseudamphistominae - Yamaguti , 1958 - two genera
Ratziinae - Dollfus , 1929; Price, 1940 - one genus
Tubangorchiinae - Yamaguti , 1958 - one genus
Genera
The family Opisthorchiidae consists of 33 valid genera:[1]
Agrawalotrema Sahay & Sahay, 1988
Allogomtiotrema Yamaguti , 1958
Amphimerus Barker, 1911
Cladocystis Poche, 1926
Clonorchis Looss, 1907
Cyclorchis Luhe, 1908
Delphinicola Yamaguti , 1933
Diasiella Travassos, 1949
Erschoviorchis Skrjabin, 1945
Euamphimerus Yamaguti , 1941
Evranorchis Skrjabin, 1944
Gomtia Thapar, 1930
Hepatiarius Fedzullaev, 1961
Holometra Looss, 1899
Metametorchis Morozov, 1939
Metorchis Looss, 1899
Microtrema Kobayashi, 1915
Nigerina Baugh, 1958
Oesophagicola Yamaguti , 1933
Opisthorchis Blanchard, 1895
Pachytrema Looss, 1907
Parametorchis Skrjabin, 1913
Paropisthorchis Stephens, 1912
Plotnikovia Skrjabin, 1945
Pseudamphimerus Gower, 1940
Pseudamphistomum Luhe, 1908
Pseudogomtiotrema Gupta & Jain, 1991
Ratzia Poche, 1926
Satyapalia Lakshminarayana & Hafeezullah, 1974
Thaparotrema Gupta, 1955
Trionychotrema Chin & Zhang, 1981
Tubangorchis Skrjabin, 1944
Witenbergia Vaz, 1932