Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Gorgoderoidea

Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Allocreadium Looss, 1900
Bunodera Railliet, 1896
Crepidostomum Braun, 1900
Orientocreadium Tubangui, 1931

Literature

original description

Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere. 16, 411–894.

basis of record

Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 136-142

additional source

Choudhary, K.; Verma, A. K.; Swaroop, S.; Agrawal, N. (2015). A review on the molecular characterization of digenean parasites using molecular markers with special reference to ITS region. Helminthologia. 52(3): 167-187.

additional source

Caira, J.N. (1989). A revision of the North American papillose Allocreadiidae (Digenea) with independent cladistic analyses of larval and adult forms. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 11:1–58.

taxonomy source

Shimazu, T. (1988). Trematodes of the genus Allocreadium (Allocreadiidae) from freshwater fishes of Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series A (Zoology). 14 (1): 1–21.

identification resource

Caira, J. N.; Bogéa, T. (2005). Family Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2. Wallingford, CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, pp 417–436.

identification resource

Koval, V. P. (1966). Family Allocreadiidae Stossich, 1903. Osnovy Trematodologii. 22: 184–310. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108431

Dr. David Gibson. Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6b24811c-a391-4ad5-9cec-992e908473ad

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2020-06-17 by Dr. David Gibson & by Rod Bray

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