Cyclocoelinae

Cyclocoelinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Echinostomida
Family: Cyclocoelidae
Subfamily: Cyclocoelinae
Stossich, 1902

The Cyclocoelinae are a subfamily of parasitic flatworms of the order Echinostomida. Their definite hosts are waterfowl and other (mostly aquatic) birds such as waders, where the worms are mainly found in the airways.[1]

Genera

Footnotes

  1. Dronen et al. (2006)

References

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