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

Brachylecithum Shtrom, 1940

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Dicrocoelium auct. misapplied name
Lutztrema auct. misapplied name
Lypersomum auct. misapplied name

Children

Brachylecithum aetechini Dollfus, 1951
Brachylecithum alaudae (Layman, 1926)
Brachylecithum alfortense Railliet in Dollfus, 1954
Brachylecithum americanum Denton, 1945
Brachylecithum asovi (Layman, 1926)
Brachylecithum attenuatum (Dujardin, 1845)
Brachylecithum baskakowi (Iwanitsky, 1927)
Brachylecithum capilliformis Oshmarin, 1952
Brachylecithum coturnixi Oshmarin, 1952
Brachylecithum cuculi Oshmarin, 1952
Brachylecithum donicum (Issaitschikoff, 1919)
Brachylecithum eliomydis Jourdane & Mas-Coma, 1977
Brachylecithum eugenia Oshmarin, 1947
Brachylecithum filum (Dujardin, 1845)
Brachylecithum fringillae (Layman, 1923)
Brachylecithum glareoli Hildebrand, Okulewicz & Popiolek, 2007
Brachylecithum gorbunovi (Ström, 1935)
Brachylecithum kakea (Bhalerao, 1926)
Brachylecithum laniicola (Layman, 1926)
Brachylecithum laymani (Travassos, 1944)
Brachylecithum lobatum (Railliet, 1900)
Brachylecithum loossi (Layman, 1926)
Brachylecithum mackoi Casanova & Ribas, 2004
Brachylecithum magnitestium (Layman, 1922)
Brachylecithum microtesticulatum Timon-David, 1955
Brachylecithum mosquense (Skrjabin & Issaitschikoff, 1927)
Brachylecithum papabedjani (Skrjabin & Udinzev, 1930)
Brachylecithum platynosomoides Potekhina, 1948
Brachylecithum rodentini Agapova, 1955
Brachylecithum strigis (Yamguti, 1939)
Brachylecithum strigosum (Looss, 1899)
Brachylecithum transversogenitale (Layman, 1932)
Brachylecithum vanellicola (Layman, 1922)

Literature

original description

Shtrom, Z. K. (1940). Notes on the classification of the Dicrocoeliinae (Trematoda). Parazitologicheskii Sbornik. 8: 176–188. (In Russian).

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

Pojmańska, T. (2008). Family Dicrocoeliidae Looss, 1899. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3. Wallingford, CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 233–260.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I. (1970). Trematode family Dicrocoeliidae Odhner, 1911 (Supplement). Osnovy Trematodologii. 23: 5–106, 306–307. (In Russian).

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I.; Evranova, V. G. (1952). Family Dicrocoeliidae Odhner, 1911. Osnovy Trematodologii. 7: 32–604. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Brachylecithum Shtrom, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108730

Dr. David Gibson. Brachylecithum Shtrom, 1940. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e17062bb-0e0f-46c9-b07c-e83502b1970d

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2024-10-22 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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