Gorgoderidae
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]
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| Superfamily: | Gorgoderoidea
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| Family: | Gorgoderidae Looss, 1899[1]
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Systematics
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Libbie Henrietta Hyman: The Invertebrates, Volume 2: Platyhelminthes and Rhynchocoela, the Acoleomate Bilateria.
- ↑ Animal Diversity Web