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

Gymnophallus Odhner, 1900

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Meiogymnophallus Ching, 1965 synonym
Gymnophallus auct. misapplied name

Children

Gymnophallus affinis Jameson & Nicoll, 1913
Gymnophallus bursicola Odhner, 1900
Gymnophallus charadrii Kulatschkova, 1966
Gymnophallus choledochus Odhner, 1900
Gymnophallus deliciosus (Olsson, 1893) Odhner, 1900
Gymnophallus fossarum Bartoli, 1965
Gymnophallus jamesoni (Bowers, 1965)
Gymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859)
Gymnophallus ovoplenus Jameson & Nicoll, 1913
Gymnophallus rebecqui Bartoli, 1983
Gymnophallus rostratus Bartoli, 1982
Gymnophallus somateriae (Levinsen, 1881) Odhner, 1900
Gymnophallus strigatus (Lebour, 1908) Palombi, 1940

Literature

original description

Odhner, T. (1900). Gymnophallus, eine neue Gattung von Vogeldistomen. Centralblatt. Bakteriol. 28 (1): 12–23.

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

Shchenkov, S. V.; Sokolov, S. G.; Tsushko, K. M.; Denisova, S. A. (2022). Is Gymnophallus Odhner, 1900 (Trematoda: Gymnophallidae) polyphyletic? A new hypothesis based on phylogenetic position of Gymnophallus deliciosus (Olsson, 1893). Parasitology Research.

identification resource

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

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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Gymnophallus Odhner, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108703

Dr. David Gibson. Gymnophallus Odhner, 1900. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1207cf09-ee5b-43ea-9e74-abc805f5e6cb

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

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2022-05-21 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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