Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Echinostomata > Superfamily Echinostomatoidea > Family Echinochasmidae

Mesorchis Dietz, 1909

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Mesorchis denticulatus (Rudolphi, 1802) Dietz, 1909
Mesorchis polycestus Dietz, 1909
Mesorchis pseudoechinatus (Olsson, 1876) Dietz, 1909

Literature

original description	Dietz, E. (1909). Die Echinostomiden der Vogel. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 34: 180–192.
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
taxonomy source	Dietz, E. (1910). Die Echinostomiden der Vögel. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Suppl. 12, 3: 265–512.
taxonomy source	Cajiao-Mora, K.; Dutton, H.; Jacobs, F.; Beytell, P.; Netherlands, E.; DuPreez, L.; Bullard, S. (2025). Supplemental description of Stephanoprora ornata Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Echinochasmidae) infecting the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus (Crocodylidae) from Namibia with emendation of Mesorchis Dietz, 1909 and a phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Helminthology. 99.
identification resource	Skrjabin, K. I.; Baschkirova, E. Y. (1956). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. Osnovy Trematodologii. 12: 50–930.
identification resource	Baschkirova, E. J. (1947). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. Osnovy Trematodologii. 1: 310–391. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).