Echinostomatidae

Translingual

Etymology

From Echinostoma +‎ -idae (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Echinostomatidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Plagiorchiida – digenetic trematode worms that are rare in man but common and widely distributed as parasites of birds and lower vertebrates and are distinguished by having the anterior end modified and armed with spines.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Platyhelminthes – phylum; Rhabditophora – subphylum; Neoophora – class; Neodermata – subclass; Trematoda – infraclass; Plagiorchiida – order; Echinostomata - suborder; Echinostomatoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Echinostoma - type genus; Artyfechinostomum, Baschkirovitrema, Cathaemasia, Chaunocephalus, Drepanocephalus, Echinoparyphium, Euparyphium, Hypoderaeum, Isthmiophora, Mesorchis, Moliniella, Neoacanthoparyphium, Neopetasiger, Patagifer, Pegosomum, Petasiger, Prionosoma, Protechinostoma, Rhopalias, Ribeiroia, Uroproctepisthmium - other genera

References

• Echinostomatidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Echinostomatidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Echinostomatidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information