Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Plagiorchioidea > Family Plagiorchiidae > Genus Plagiorchis

Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802) Braun, 1902

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plagiorchis*	Lühe, 1899	accepted genus name
*Cercolecithos*	Perkins, 1928	generic synonym
*Lepoderma*	Looss, 1899	generic synonym
*Metaplagiorchis*	Timofeeva, 1962	generic synonym
*Symmetritesticula*	Krasnolobova, 1977	generic synonym
*Lecithopyge*	auct.	misapplied name
*Opisthioglyphe*	auct.	misapplied name
*Rubenstrema*	auct.	misapplied name
*Skrjabinoplagiorchis*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Fasciola cirratus*	Rudolphi, 1802	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis loossi*	Massino, 1927	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis notabilis*	Nicoll, 1909	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis potanini*	Skrjabin, 1928	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis raabei*	Furmaga, 1956	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis stefanskii*	Furmaga, 1956	subjective synonym
*Fasciola elegans*	Rudolphi, 1802	synonym

Literature

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	Oshmarin, P. G. (1963). Helminth parasites of mammals and birds in the region of Primorye. Izdatelstvo Akademii Nauk SSSR: Moscow, 323 pp. (In Russian).
additional source	Bychovskaja-Pavlovskaja, I. E. (1953). The fauna of bird trematodes of West Siberia and their dynamics. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik. 15: 5–116. (In Russian).
additional source	Kundid, P.; Pantoja, C.; Janovcová, K.; Soldánová, M. (2024). Molecular diversity of the genus Plagiorchis Lühe, 1899 in snail hosts of Central Europe with evidence of new lineages. Diversity. 16 (3): 158: 1–28.
additional source	Krasnolobova, T. A. (1977). Principles of systematics of the trematode genus Plagiorchis Luhe, 1899. Trudy Gel'mintologicheskoi Laboratorii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. 27: 65–110. (In Russian).
redescription	Kudlai, O.; Pantoja, C.; O'Dwyer, K.; Jouet, D.; Skírnisson, K.; Faltýnková, A. (2021). Diversity of Plagiorchis (Trematoda: Digenea) in high latitudes: Species composition and snail host spectrum revealed by integrative taxonomy. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 59 (5): 937–962.
redescription	Sonin, M. D. (1985). Key to identification of trematodes of piscivorous birds of the Palaearctic (Brachylaimida, Clinostomida, Cyclocoelida, Fasciolida, Notocotylida, Plagiorchida, Schistosomatida). Nauka, Moscow, 256 pp. (In Russian).
redescription	Chakrabarti. S., Chatterjee, A. (2005). Trematodes of birds and mammals. State Fauna Series. Fauna of Andhra Pradesh, Invertebrates. 5: 1-98.
redescription	Sudarikov, V. E., Shigin, A. A., Kurochkin, Y. V., Lomakin, V. V., Stenko, R. P., Yurlova, N. I. (2002). Trematode metacercariae - Parasites of freshwater hydrobionts in central Russia. Volume 1. Moscow, Nauka, 298 pp. (In Russian).
redescription	Braun, M. (1902). Fascioliden der Vögel. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abt. Syst. 16 (1): 1–162.
redescription	Sharpilo, V. P., Iskova, N. I. (1989). The fauna of the Ukraine. Trematodes: Plagiorchiata. Fauna Ukrayiny. 34 (3): 1-278. (In Ukrainian).
new combination reference	Braun, M. (1902). Fascioliden der Vögel. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abt. Syst. 16 (1): 1–162.
taxonomy source	Krasnolobova, T. A. (1977). Principles of systematics of the trematode genus Plagiorchis Luhe, 1899. Trudy Gel'mintologicheskoi Laboratorii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR. 27: 65–110. (In Russian).