Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Pronocephalata > Superfamily Pronocephaloidea > Family Pronocephalidae

Pleurogonius Looss, 1901

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pyelosomum*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Pleurogonius longiusculus Looss, 1901
Pleurogonius trigonocephalus (Rudolphi, 1809) Looss, 1901

Literature

original description	Looss, A. (1901). Ueber Trematoden aus Seeschildkröten der egyptischen Küsten. (Notizen zur Helminthologie Egyptens. 4). Centralblatt. Bakteriol. 1 Abt. Vol. 30: 555–569, 618–625.
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	Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere. 16, 411–894.
identification resource	Blair, D. (2005). Family Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp. 361–380.
identification resource	Skrjabin, K. I. (1955). Suborder Pronocephalata Skrjabin, 1955. Osnovy Trematodologii. 10, 5–210. (In Russian).