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Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901

108758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108758)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Platyhelminthes
  4. Rhabditophora
  5. Neodermata
  6. Trematoda
  7. Digenea
  8. Plagiorchiida
  9. Hemiurata
  10. Hemiuroidea
  11. Hemiuridae
  12. Lecithochiriinae
  13. Lecithochirium
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Genus
Lecithochirium rufoviride (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1901 (type by original designation)
Lecithochiriinae Lühe, 1901
Ceratotrema Jones, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sterrhurus Looss, 1907 · unaccepted (Synonym)

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Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 473 [details] 
ERMS (2026). Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108758 on 2026-07-28
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=108758 on 2026-07-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gibson, David
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2013-03-16 20:29:57Z
checked
Gibson, David
2013-09-26 08:39:43Z
changed
Gibson, David
2018-12-24 08:53:09Z
changed
Bray, Rod
2020-01-24 13:01:02Z
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Bray, Rod

original description Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 473 [details] 

original description (of Sterrhurus Looss, 1907) Looss, A. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Distomenfamilie Hemiuridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 31, 585–620.
page(s): 600 [details] 

original description (of Ceratotrema Jones, 1933) Jones, E. I. (1933). On Ceratotrema furcolabiata n. g. et n. sp. and Hemipera sharpei n. sp., two new digenetic trematodes of British marine fishes. <em>Parasitology.</em> 25, 248–254., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000019405
page(s): 251 [details] 

taxonomy source Ghosh, A.; Rizvi, A. N. (2022). Trematode parasites in fishes from Chilika: Three new records to India. <em>Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences.</em> Vol. 51 (07), 633-640., available online at https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v51i07.51976 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details] 

additional source Looss, A. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Distomenfamilie Hemiuridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 31, 585–620.
page(s): 602; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] 

additional source Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 38, 257–416., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2421571
page(s): 337; note: cf. Sterrhurus [details] 

additional source Nasir, P., Díaz, M. T. (1971). A revision of genus Lecithochirium Luehe, 1901, and redescription of L. monticellii (Linton, 1898) Skrjabin and Guschanskaja, 1955. <em>Rivista di Parassitologia.</em> 32: 27–36.
page(s): 28; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] 

redescription Urabe, M.; Sasai, T.; Sokolov, S. G. (2025). Rejection of the concept of hemiurid genus Pulmovermis (Digenea: Hemiuridae) and other taxonomic propositions: new morphological and molecular data regarding Lecithochirium cyanovitellosum (Coil and Kuntz, 1960) Urabe and Sokolov, comb. nov. (formerly Pulmovermis cyanovitellosus). <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 102(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-025-10213-3 [details] 

identification resource Bray, R. A. (1991). Hemiuridae (Digenea) from marine fishes of the southern Indian Ocean: Genus Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (Lecithochiriinae). <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 18(3): 193-219., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00009360
page(s): 194 [details] 

identification resource Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 92 [details] 

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. Second part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10: 337–649. (In Russian).
page(s): 361 [details] 

identification resource Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 51 (2): 289–393.
page(s): 310 [details] 

identification resource Gibson, D.I. (2002). Family Hemiuridae Looss, 1899. In: Gibson D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. (eds),. <em>Keys to the Trematoda, vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 305–340., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995472.0305
page(s): 327 [details] 
 
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