Opisthorchiidae

Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Opisthorchiidae is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Clonorchis sinensis, Animalia and Wikidata.

It is catalogued under topics including Plagiorchiida and Trematoda families.

Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

FAMILY

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPlatyhelminthes
ClassTrematoda
OrderPlagiorchiida
FamilyOpisthorchiidae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Observations recorded4,577

Los opistorquídeos (Opisthorchiidae) son una familia de platelmintos parásitos de la subclase digenea. Desde el punto de vista de la salud humana, las especies más importantes son Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini y Opisthorchis felineus que ocasionan una enfermedad conocida como clonorquiasis, la cual afecta a millones de personas todos los años, principalmente en China y los países del sureste de Asia. La mayor parte de las especies parasitan los conductos biliares de mamíferos y aves, algunas se encuentran también en el tracto digestivo de reptiles y peces teleósteos.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 20
With media: 2
Family: Opisthorchiidae
Collections: MSB, QM, NHMUK
Recorded in: United States, Unknown Or Invalid, Australia, Brazil, Malaysia, China, Vietnam

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Image: Clonorchis.jpg

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Commons category: Opisthorchiidae
taxon name: Opisthorchiidae
taxon rank: family
topic's main category: Category:Opisthorchiidae

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Opisthorchiidae is a family of digenean trematodes. Opisthorchiidae have cosmopolitan distribution.

The most medically important species in the family Opisthorchiidae are Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, and Opisthorchis felineus, that are causes of the disease clonorchiasis.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Opisthorchiidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.