Batrachotrematidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Suborder: Xiphidiata
Superfamily: Opecoelioidea
Family: Batrachotrematidae
Dollfus & Williams, 1966[1]

Batrachotrematidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida.

Genera

The following genera are described severally, and by Rizvi, et al. (2012):[2]

The following additional genera are described by Cribb (2005),[4] but are not discussed in Rizvi, et al. (2012)[2] or other studies:

  • Gigantodiscum Wang, 1980[3]
  • Rhacophotrema Uchida, Itagaki & Inoue, 1980[5]

Cribb (2005)[4] noted that most species of Batrachotrematidae are poorly described, and many seem to be different from the type-species of the genera to which they belong. A lack of molecular studies prevent adequate classification of the species;[2] Cribb (2005)[4] describes the split between African and Asian species, which parasitise different types of frogs, as possibly warranting a separate distinction at the family level. The lack of clarity regarding the definition of the family, and the lack of molecular and life-cycle studies on the putative species, makes Batrachotrematidae one of the worst-defined digenean families.

References

  1. 1 2 Dollfus, R. P. & Williams, M. O. (1966). Recherche des affinités naturelles d'un distome (Trematoda: Prosostomata) parasite de batracien anoure de Sierra-Leone. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 38, 201–207.
  2. 1 2 3 Rizvi, A. N., Bursey, C. R. & Bhutia, P. T. (2012). Three new species of Digenea (Batrachotrematidae) in Nanorana minica (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Uttarakhand, India. Acta Parasitologica, 57(2), 154–159.
  3. 1 2 Wang, P. (1980). Report on some trematodes from amphibians and reptiles in Fujian, South China. Fujian Shida Xueba, 2, 81–92.
  4. 1 2 3 Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Batrachotrematidae Dollfus and Williams, 1966. In Bray, R., Gibson, D. & Jones, A. (Eds.), Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 2 (pp. 437–442). London, UK: CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum.
  5. ↑ Uchida, A., Itagaki, H. & Inoue, H. (1980). Studies on the amphibian helminths in Japan, 7. Rhacophotrema itagakii n. g. et n. sp. and Opisthioglyphe japonicus n. sp. (Digenea: Omphalometridae) from frogs. Japanese Journal of Parasitology, 29(2), 109–113.
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