Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Opisthorchiata > Superfamily Opisthorchioidea > Family Heterophyidae

Cercarioides Witenberg, 1929

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cercarioides aharonii Witenberg, 1929

Literature

original description

Witenberg, G. G. (1929). Studies on the trematode-family Heterophyidae. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 23 (2): 131–239.

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

Pearson, J. C.; Prévot, G. (1985). A revision of the subfamily Haplorchinae Looss, 1899 (Trematoda: Heterophyidae). III - Genera Cercarioides and Condylocotyla n.g. Systematic Parasitology. 7 (3): 169–197.

identification resource

Pearson, J. (2008). Family Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Wallingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 113–141.

identification resource

Morozov, F. N. (1952). Trematode superfamily Heterophyoidea Faust, 1929. Skriabin K. I. Trematody zhivonykh i chekoveka (= Osnovy Trematodologii) [Trematodes of animals and humans. Fundamentals of trematodology]. 6: 152–615. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Cercarioides Witenberg, 1929. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108605

Dr. David Gibson. Cercarioides Witenberg, 1929. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6765d6c8-09fb-4f8f-8ce1-1dfacbfd5292

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2021-03-01 by Dr. David Gibson & by Rod Bray

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