Gymnophallidae Explained

Gymnophallidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.

Genera

• Bartolius Cremonte, 2001^[1]
• Gymnophalloides Fujita in Dollfus, 1925^[2]
• Gymnophallus Odhner, 1900^[3]
• Parvatrema Cable, 1953^[4]
• Pseudogymnophallus Hoberg, 1981^[5]

Notes and References

1. Cremonte, F. (2001). Bartolius pierrei n. g. n. sp. (Digenea: Gymnophallidae) from Península Valdés, Argentina. Systematic Parasitology, 49, 139–147.
2. Fujita, T. & Dollfus, R. (1925). Etudes sur les parasites de l’huître comestible du Japon Ostrea gigas Thunberg. Annales de Parasitologie humaine et Comparée, 3(1), 37–59.
3. Odhner, T. (1900). Gymnophallus, eine neue Gattung von Vogeldistomen. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten, Erste Abteilung, 28(1), 12–23.
4. Cable, R. M. (1953). The life cycle of Parvatrema borinqueñae gen. et sp. nov. (Trematoda: Digenea) and the systematic position of the subfamily Gymnophallinae. Journal of Parasitology, 39, 408–421.
5. Hoberg, E. P. (1981). Pseudogymnophallus alcae gen. n. et sp. n. (Trematoda: Gymnophallidae) from alcids (Charadriiformes) in subarctic seas. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 48, 190–194.