Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Diplostomida > Suborder Diplostomata > Superfamily Brachylaimoidea > Family Leucochloridiidae

Leucochloridium Carus, 1835

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948
Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmanska, 1969
Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881

Literature

original description

Carus, C. G. (1835). Beobachtung über einen merkwürdigen schöngefärbten Eingeweidewurm, Leucochloridium paradoxum mihi, und dessen parasitische Erzeugung in einer Landschnecke, Succinea amphibia Drap. Helix putris Linn. Nova Acta. Phys-Med. Acad. Nat. Curios. 17 (2, pt. 1): 85–100.

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

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I. (1948). Superfamily Fascioloidea Stiles et Goldberger 1910. Osnovy Trematodologii. 2: 7–336. (In Russian).

identification resource

Pojmanka, T. (2002). Family Leucochloridiidae Poche, 1907. In: Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A; Bray, R. A. Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 1. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp. 47–51.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Leucochloridium Carus, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108709

Dr. David Gibson. Leucochloridium Carus, 1835. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/54409841-b887-4be4-92c1-f21058235a03

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2020-10-08 by Dr. David Gibson & by Rod Bray

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