Transversotrematidae is a family of trematodes in the order Plagiorchiida. It is the only family in the superfamily Transversotrematoidea, which is the only superfamily in the suborder Transversotremata. It has been synonymised with Circuitiocoeliidae Wang, 1981, Squamacolidae Pan & Wang, 1985,Pan, Jin-Pei & Wang, Wei-Jun (1985). An ectoparasitic, digenetic trematode Squamacola parvivitellaria gen. et sp. nov. (Squamacolidae fam. nov.), found from freshwater fishes of China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 10(4), 344–349. and Transversotrematinae Witenberg, 1944.
Genera Circuitiocoelium Wang, 1981Wang, P. (1981). Notes on one new family and three new species of trematodes from Vertebrata in Wuyi, Fujian Province. Wuyi Science Journal, 1, 90–94. Crusziella Cribb, Bray & Barker, 1992Cribb, T. H., Bray, R. A. & Barker, S. C. (1992). A review of the family Transversotrematidae (Trematoda: Digenea) with the description of a new genus, Crusziella. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6(4), 909–935. Prototransversotrema Angel, 1969Angel, L. M. (1969). Prototransversotrema steeri gen. nov., sp. nov. (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) from a South Australian fish. Parasitology, 59(3), 719–724. Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944
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