Echinostomata

Echinostomata is a suborder of the parasitic flatworm order Plagiorchiida. The suborder contains numerous species that are parasitic in humans.

Echinostomata
Adult Common Liver Flukes (Fasciola hepatica, left) and Giant Liver Fluke (Fascioloides magna) of the Fasciolidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Suborder:	Echinostomata La Rue, 1926[1]

Families

All families are in the superfamily Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1902.^[2] It has been synonymised with Cyclocoeloidea Stossich, 1902.^[3]

• Calycodidae Dollfus, 1929^[4]
• Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902^[3]
• Echinochasmidae Odhner, 1910^[5]
• Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899^[6]
• Eucotylidae Cohn, 1904^[7]
• Fasciolidae Railliet, 1895^[8]
• Himasthlidae Odhner, 1910^[5]
• Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899^[6]
• Psilostomidae Looss, 1900^[9]
• Rhytidodidae Odhner, 1926^[10]
• Typhlocoelidae Harrah, 1922^[11]