Aquatic Parasite Observatory

Browse by Parasites:

On this page you can browse through the parasite taxonomy. Clicking on the name of a parasite will take you to a page dedicated to that particular parasite. On individual parasite pages you will find a morphological description, a lifecycle description, parasite images, and the host species records from the APO. Please note that host records from the literature are not reported on this site.

Phylum: Acanthocephala

Phylum: Acanthocephala

Class: Eoacanthocephala

Order: Neoechinorhynchida
1. - Family: Neoechinorhynchidae

Class: Palaeacanthocephala

Order: Polymorphida
1. - Family: Polymorphidae

Phylum: Arthropoda

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Trombidiformes
1. - Family: Trombiculidae

Class: Maxillopoda

Order: Cyclopoida
1. - Family: Lernaeidae

Phylum: Nematoda

Phylum: Nematoda

Class: Adenophorea

Order: Enoplida
1. - Family: Trichuridae

Class: Secernentea

Order: Ascaridida
1. - Family: Cosmocercidae
  - Family: Kathlaniidae

Order: Camallanida
1. - Family: Camallanidae

Order: Rhabditida
1. - Family: Rhabditidae
  - Family: Strongyloididae

Order: Spirurida
1. - Family: Acuarioidae
  - Family: Desmidocercidae
  - Family: Tetrameridae

Order: Strongylida
1. - Family: Amidostomatidae
  - Family: Molineidae

Phylum: Platyhelminthes

Phylum: Platyhelminthes

Class: Cestoda

Order: Eucestoda
1. - Family: Mesocestoididae

Order: Tetrabothriidea
1. - Family: Tetrabothriidae

Class: Monogenea

Order: Dactylogyrida
1. - Family: Ancyrocephalidae
  - Family: Dactylogyridae

Class: Trematoda

Order: Digenea
1. - Family: Gorgoderidae

Order: Echinostomida
1. - Family: Echinostomidae
  - Family: Heterophyidae
  - Family: Notocotylidae
  - Family: Paramphistomidae
  - Family: Psilostomatidae

Order: Plagiorchiida
1. - Family: Auridistomidae
  - Family: Bucephalidae
  - Family: Cephalogonimidae
  - Family: Clinostomidae
  - Family: Haematoloechidae
  - Family: Hemiuridae
  - Family: Heterophyidae
  - Family: Lecithodendriidae
  - Family: Microphallidae
  - Family: Plagiorchiidae

Order: Strigeidida
1. - Family: Diplostomatidae
  - Family: Strigeidae

Kingdom: Protista

Phylum: Apicomplexa

Class: Coccidea

Order: Eimeriida
1. - Family: Eimeriidae

Class: Conoidasida

Order: Eucoccidiorida
1. - Family: Lankesterellidae

Phylum: Ciliophora

Class: Kinetofragminophora

Order: Trichostomatida
1. - Family: Balantiididae

Class: Litostomatea

Order: Oligoymenophorea
1. - Family: Trichodinidae

Class: Spirotrichea

Order: Clevelandellida
1. - Family: Nyctotheridae

Phylum: Euglenozoa

Class: Kinetoplastidae

Order: Trypanosomatida
1. - Family: Trypanosomatidae

Phylum: Rhizopoda

Class: Lobosa

Order: Amoebida
1. - Family: Entamoaebidae

Phylum: Sarcomastigophora

Class: Mastigophora

Order: Diplomonadida
1. - Family: Hexamitidae

Order: Trichomonadida
1. - Family: Tritrichomonadidae

Class: Opalinea

Order: Opalinida
1. - Family: Opalinidae

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