Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Echinostomata > Superfamily Echinostomatoidea > Family Himasthlidae

Himasthla Dietz, 1909

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Himasthla alincia Dietz, 1909
Himasthla avosettae Loos-Frank, 1967
Himasthla continua Loos-Frank, 1967
Himasthla elongata (Mehlis, 1831) Dietz, 1909
Himasthla incisa Linton, 1928
Himasthla interrupta Loos-Frank, 1967
Himasthla leptosoma (Creplin, 1829) Dietz, 1909
Himasthla militaris (Rudolphi, 1803) Dietz, 1909
Himasthla multilecithosa Mendheim, 1940
Himasthla rhigedana Dietz, 1909
Himasthla secunda (Nicoll, 1906) Dietz, 1909

Literature

original description

Dietz, E. (1909). Die Echinostomiden der Vogel. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 34: 180–192.

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].

taxonomy source

Stunkard, H. W. (1939). Determination of species in the trematode genus Himasthla. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 10 (6): 719–721.

taxonomy source

Dietz, E. (1910). Die Echinostomiden der Vögel. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Suppl. 12, 3: 265–512.

taxonomy source

Loos-Frank, B. (1967). Experimentelle Untersuchungen uber Bau, Entwicklung und Systematik der Himasthinae (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae) des Nordseeraumes. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 28: 299–351.

taxonomy source

Odhner, T. (1910). Nordostafrikanische Trematoden, grösstenteils vom Weissen Nil (von der schweidischen zoologischen Expedition gesammelt). Results Swedish Zool. Exped. Egypt and White Nile 1901, (Jägerskiöld). 23A: 1–170.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I.; Baschkirova, E. Y. (1956). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. Osnovy Trematodologii. 12: 50–930.

identification resource

Kostadinova, A. (2005). Family Echinostomatidae Looss, 1899. In. Jones, A.; Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 2. Wallingford, CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp. 9–64.

identification resource

Baschkirova, E. J. (1947). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. Osnovy Trematodologii. 1: 310–391. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Himasthla Dietz, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108484

Dr. David Gibson. Himasthla Dietz, 1909. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4719e9ae-8681-4e17-87a8-9d5f8a9de6c2

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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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