Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Cestoda > Subclass Nephroposticophora > Subclass Eucestoda > Order Trypanorhyncha > Suborder Trypanobatoida > Superfamily Tentacularioidea > Family Sphyriocephalidae

Hepatoxylon Bosc, 1811

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dibothriorhynchus*	Blainville, 1828	synonym

Children

Hepatoxylon megacephalum (Rudolphi, 1819) Dollfus, 1942
Hepatoxylon trichiuri (Holten, 1802) Dollfus, 1942

Literature

original description	Bosc, L.A.G. (1811). Sur deux nouveaux genres de vers. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique de Paris,. An. 4 (51), v. 2, pp. 269-270.
basis of record	Bray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, 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. 146-149
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].