Echinostomata is a suborder of the parasitic flatworm order Plagiorchiida. The suborder contains numerous species that are parasitic in humans.
Families
All families are in the superfamily Echinostomatoidea <small>Looss, 1902</small>. It has been synonymised with Cyclocoeloidea <small>Stossich, 1902</small>.
- Calycodidae <small>Dollfus, 1929</small>
- Cyclocoelidae <small>Stossich, 1902</small>
- Echinochasmidae <small>Odhner, 1910</small>
- Echinostomatidae <small>Looss, 1899</small>
- Fasciolidae <small>Railliet, 1895</small>
- Himasthlidae <small>Odhner, 1910</small>
- Philophthalmidae <small>Looss, 1899</small>
- Psilostomidae <small>Looss, 1900</small>
- Rhopaliidae <small>Looss, 1899</small>
- Rhytidodidae <small>Odhner, 1926</small>
- Typhlocoelidae <small>Harrah, 1922</small>
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