Pronocephalidae

Belongs within: Pronocephalata.

The Pronocephalidae are a family of flukes parasitic in the gut (occasionally the bladder) of chelonians (Dawes 1956).

<==Pronocephalidae
    |  i. s.: Macrovestibulum obtusicaudumOC03
    |         Pulmonicola pulmonale (v. Linstow 1904)M58
    |--CharaxicephalinaeD56
    |    |--Charaxicephalus Looss 1901D56
    |    |    `--C. robustus Looss 1901D56
    |    `--Diaschistorchis Johnston 1913D56
    |         `--D. pandus (Braun 1901)D56
    `--PronocephalinaeD56
         |--Adenogaster Looss 1901D56
         |    `--A. serialis Looss 1901D56
         |--Astrorchis Poche 1926D56
         |    `--A. renicapite (Leidy 1856)D56
         |--Epibathra Looss 1902D56
         |    `--E. crassa (Looss 1901)D56
         |--Pyelosomum Looss 1899D56
         |    `--P. cochlear Looss 1899D56
         |--Cricocephalus Looss 1899D56
         |    |--C. megatomus Looss 1902D56
         |    `--C. resectus Looss 1902D56
         |--Glyphicephalus Looss 1901D56
         |    |--G. lobatus Looss 1901D56
         |    `--G. solidus Looss 1901D56
         `--Pleurogonius Looss 1901D56
              |--P. bilobus Looss 1901D56
              |--P. linearis Looss 1901D56
              |--P. longiusculus Looss 1901D56
              `--P. minutissimus Looss 1901D56

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[D56] Dawes, B. 1956. The Trematoda with special reference to British and other European forms 2^nd ed. University Press: Cambridge.

[M58] Mackerras, M. J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. I–IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83 (2): 101–160.

[OC03] Olson, P. D., T. H. Cribb, V. V. Tkach, R. A. Bray & D. T. J. Littlewood. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733–755.