Trematoda
See also: trematoda
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρηματώδης (trēmatṓdēs), from τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation, aperture”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “full of, -like”).
Proper noun
Trematoda
- Many parasitic flatworms, flukes
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Platyhelminthes.
- A taxonomic infraclass within the class Neoophora.[1]
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Platyhelminthes - phylum; Rhabditophora - subphylum; Neoophora - class; Neodermata - subclass[1]
Hyponyms
- (class): Aspidogastrea, Digenea
- (infraclass): Aspidogastrida, Diplostomida, Plagiorchiida, Stichocotylida - orders[1]
Coordinate terms
- (infraclass): Cestoda (tapeworms), Monogenea (ectoparasites of fish)[1]
References
Trematoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Trematoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Trematoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Trematoda at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521