Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Monorchiata > Superfamily Monorchioidea > Family Lissorchiidae > Subfamily Asymphylodorinae

Asymphylodora Looss, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Parasymphylodera Szidat, 1943 generic synonym

Children

Asymphylodora demeli Markowski, 1935
Asymphylodora dneproviana Iwanitzky, 1928
Asymphylodora dollfusi Biguet, Deblock & Capron, 1956
Asymphylodora imitans (Muhling, 1898)
Asymphylodora kubanica Issaitschikov, 1923
Asymphylodora markewitschi Kulakowskaja, 1947
Asymphylodora progenetica Serkova & Bykhovskii, 1940
Asymphylodora tincae (Modeer, 1790)

Literature

original description

Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784.

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

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Odhner, T. (1911). Zum naturlichen System der digenen Trematoden. II. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 37: 237-253.

additional source

Szidat, L. (1943). Die Fischtrematoden der Gattung Asymphylodora Looss, 1899 und Verwandte. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 13: 25-61.

taxonomy source

Atopkin, D. M.; Ivashko, Y. I.; Besprozvannykh, V. V.; Zhokhov, A. E. (2023). New species of Asymphylodorinae Szidat, 1943 (Digenea: Lissorchiidae), fish parasites from the East Asian Region: morphological and molecular data. Systematics and Biodiversity. 21(1).

taxonomy source

Stunkard, H. W. (1959). The morphology and life-history of the digenetic trematode, Asymphylodora amnicolae n. sp.; the possible significance of progenesis for the phylogeny of the Digenea. Biological Bulletin. 117 (3): 562-581.

identification resource

Shimazu T. (1992). Trematodes of the genera Asymphylodora, Anapalaeorchis and Palaeorchis (Digenea: Lissorchiidae) from freshwater fishes of Japan. Journal of Nagano Prefectural College. 47: 1–19.

identification resource

Bray, R. A. (2008). Family Lissorchiidae Magath, 1917. 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. 177-186.

identification resource

Sobolev, A. A. (1955). Family Monorchidae Odhner, 1911. Osnovy Trematodologii. 11: 255-464. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Asymphylodora Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108643

Dr. David Gibson. Asymphylodora Looss, 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/03b49127-c267-4cfa-8ca7-9ba0ffd0e9e7

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2020-03-14 by Dr. David Gibson & by Rod Bray

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