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

Bucephalidae Poche, 1907

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bucephalinae Poche, 1907
Dolichoenterinae Yamaguti, 1958
Labratrema Maillard, 1975
Prosorhynchinae Nicoll, 1914

Literature

original description

Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Trematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 31, 124–126.

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.

taxonomy source

Kniskern, V. B. (1952). Studies on the Trematode Family Bucephalidae Poche, 1907: Part I. A Systematic Review of the Family Bucephalidae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 71(3): 253-266.

identification resource

Overstreet, R. M., Curran, S. S. (2002). Superfamily Bucephaloidea Poche, 1907. In Gibson, D. I., Jones, A., & Bray, R. A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 1. (pp. 67-110). Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I.; Guschanskaja, L. H. (1962). Order Bucephalidida (Odening, 1960) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1962. Osnovy Trematodologii. 20: 166–559. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Bucephalidae Poche, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108455

Dr. David Gibson. Bucephalidae Poche, 1907. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cedb4219-21d9-4af3-8c2f-e92cdf6f60e6

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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GUID

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Last modified

2010-04-26 by Dr. David Gibson & by Thomas Cribb

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