WoRMS taxon details
Diplostomoidea Poirier, 1886
Cyathocotylata · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Proterodiplostomatoidea Sudarikov, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Strigeoidea · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Family Cyathocotylidae Mühling, 1898
- Family Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886
- Family Liolopidae Odhner, 1912
- Family Brauninidae Wolf, 1903 accepted as Cyathocotylidae Mühling, 1898 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Campulidae Odhner, 1926 accepted as Brachycladiidae Odhner, 1905
- Family Strigeidae Railliet, 1919 accepted as Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Taxonomy Achatz & Tkach (2025) synonymise the Strigeidae, Proterodiplostomidae and Bolbocephalodidae (based on morphology) with the...
Taxonomy Achatz & Tkach (2025) synonymise the Strigeidae, Proterodiplostomidae and Bolbocephalodidae (based on morphology) with the Diplostomidae. [details]
WoRMS (2026). Diplostomoidea Poirier, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108416 on 2026-01-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Proterodiplostomatoidea Sudarikov, 1960) Sudarikov, V. E. (1960). Order Strigeata La Rue, 1926. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 18: 450–694. (In Russian).
page(s): 601 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 601 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Achatz, T.; Tkach, V. (2025). Recent advances and current state of knowledge of phylogenetics and systematics of the Diplostomoidea with a proposal of a new classification system and a key to genera. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25100473 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Niewiadomska, K. (2002). Superfamily Diplostomoidea Poirier, 1886. In: Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A; Bray, R. A. <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1.</em> (pp. 159–166). Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum.
page(s): 159 [details]
identification resource Achatz, T.; Tkach, V. (2025). Recent advances and current state of knowledge of phylogenetics and systematics of the Diplostomoidea with a proposal of a new classification system and a key to genera. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25100473 [details]
page(s): 159 [details]
identification resource Achatz, T.; Tkach, V. (2025). Recent advances and current state of knowledge of phylogenetics and systematics of the Diplostomoidea with a proposal of a new classification system and a key to genera. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25100473 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Achatz & Tkach (2025) synonymise the Strigeidae, Proterodiplostomidae and Bolbocephalodidae (based on morphology) with the Diplostomidae. [details]
