Gorgoderidae

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Gorgoderidae
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Gorgoderoidea
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Gorgoderidae

Looss, 1899[1]

The Gorgoderidae are a family of Flatworms (Platyhelminthes). They belong to the ordo Plagiorchiida. The species are parasites of fish, amphibians and reptiles.[2] They have distome, which means they got two suckers, one at the mouth (oral) and one at the waist (ventral).[2]

Systematics[change | change source]

There are five genera:[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 12, 521–784.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Libbie Henrietta Hyman: The Invertebrates, Volume 2: Platyhelminthes and Rhynchocoela, the Acoleomate Bilateria.
  3. Animal Diversity Web