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

Gymnophallidae Odhner, 1905

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gymnophalloides Fujita, 1925
Gymnophallus Odhner, 1900
Lacunovermis Ching, 1965
Parvatrema Cable, 1953

Literature

original description

Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. Fauna Arctica. 4: 289-372.

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

taxonomy source

Cremonte, F.; Gilardoni, C.; Pina, S.; Rodrigues, P.; Ituarte, C. (2015). Revision of the family Gymnophallidae Odhner, 1905 (Digenea) based on morphological and molecular data. Parasitology International. 64(2): 202-210.

taxonomy source

Ching, H.L. (1995). Evaluation of characters of the digenean family Gymnophallidae Morozov, 1955. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 52 (S1):.78–83.

identification resource

Scholz, T. (2002). Family Gymnophallidae Odhner, 1905. In: Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A; Bray, R. A. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1. CABI and Natural History Museum, Wallingford,, pp 245-251.

identification resource

Morozov, F. N. (1955). Suborder Heterophyata Morosov, 1955. Osnovy Trematodologii. 10: 241-335. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Gymnophallidae Odhner, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108463

Dr. David Gibson. Gymnophallidae Odhner, 1905. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/34fae601-9541-4337-b609-34d4d1047155

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

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

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