Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
The most medically important species in the family Opisthorchiidae are Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, and Opisthorchis felineus,[1] that are causes of the disease clonorchiasis.[1]
Some species are parasites of economically important fish, e.g. Clarias gariepinus.[2]
Subfamilies
Thirteen subfamilies are in the family Opisthorchiidae:[1] but their number is inconsistent:[1]
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Allogomtiotrematinae - Gupta, 1955; Yamaguti, 1958 - two genera
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Aphallinae - Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
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Delphinicolinae - Yamaguti, 1933 - one genus
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Diasiellinae - Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
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Metorchiinae - Luhe, 1909 - four genera
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Oesophagicolinae - Yamaguti, 1933 - one genus
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Opisthorchiinae - Yamaguti, 1899 - 14 genera
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Pachytrematinae - Railliet, 1919; Ejsmont, 1931 - one genus
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Plotnikoviinae - Skrjabin, 1945; Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - one genus
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Pseudamphimerinae - Skrjabin et Petrov, 1950 - three genera
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Pseudamphistominae - Yamaguti, 1958 - two genera
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Ratziinae - Dollfus, 1929; Price, 1940 - one genus
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Tubangorchiinae - Yamaguti, 1958 - one genus
Genera
The family Opisthorchiidae consists of 33 valid genera:[1]
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Agrawalotrema Sahay & Sahay, 1988
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Allogomtiotrema Yamaguti, 1958
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Amphimerus Barker, 1911
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Cladocystis Poche, 1926
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Clonorchis Looss, 1907
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Cyclorchis Luhe, 1908
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Delphinicola Yamaguti, 1933
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Diasiella Travassos, 1949
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Erschoviorchis Skrjabin, 1945
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Euamphimerus Yamaguti, 1941
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Evranorchis Skrjabin, 1944
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Gomtia Thapar, 1930
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Hepatiarius Fedzullaev, 1961
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Holometra Looss, 1899
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Metametorchis Morozov, 1939
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Metorchis Looss, 1899
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Microtrema Kobayashi, 1915
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Nigerina Baugh, 1958
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Oesophagicola Yamaguti, 1933
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Opisthorchis Blanchard, 1895
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Pachytrema Looss, 1907
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Parametorchis Skrjabin, 1913
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Paropisthorchis Stephens, 1912
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Plotnikovia Skrjabin, 1945
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Pseudamphimerus Gower, 1940
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Pseudamphistomum Luhe, 1908
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Pseudogomtiotrema Gupta & Jain, 1991
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Ratzia Poche, 1926
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Satyapalia Lakshminarayana & Hafeezullah, 1974
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Thaparotrema Gupta, 1955
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Trionychotrema Chin & Zhang, 1981
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Tubangorchis Skrjabin, 1944
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Witenbergia Vaz, 1932
References