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

Metorchis Looss, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Metorchis albidus (Braun, 1893)
Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1790)
Metorchis crassiusculus (Rudolphi, 1809)
Metorchis hovorkai Macko, 1955
Metorchis pinguinicola Skrjabin, 1913
Metorchis progeneticus Markowski, 1936
Metorchis tener Kowalewski, 1903
Metorchis xanthosomus (Creplin, 1846) Braun, 1902
Metorchis xanthostomus (Creplin, 1846)

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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128.
redescription	Solodovnik, D. A.; Tatonova, Y. V.; Besprozvannykh, V. V. (2023). Morpho-Molecular Features and Phylogenetic Relationships of Metorchis butoridi Oschmarin, 1963 (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) from East Asia. Animals. 14(1): 124.
taxonomy source	Solodovnik, D. A.; Tatonova, Y. V.; Besprozvannykh, V. V. (2023). Morpho-Molecular Features and Phylogenetic Relationships of Metorchis butoridi Oschmarin, 1963 (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) from East Asia. Animals. 14(1): 124.
taxonomy source	Tatonova, Y. V.; Besprozvannykh, V. V. (2019). Description of a new species, Cryptocotyle lata sp. nov., and discussion of the phylogenetic relationships in Opisthorchioidea. Parasitology International. 101939.
identification resource	Skrjabin, K. I.; Petrov, A. M. (1950). Superfamily Opisthorchoidea Faust, 1929. Osnovy Trematodologii. 4: 81–328. (In Russian).
identification resource	Scholz, T. (2008). Family Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 9–49.