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.).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Mesorchis Dietz, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108486

Dr. David Gibson. Mesorchis Dietz, 1909. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a3ab31e6-f3bc-4ad9-bfcb-dd6cb6786e97

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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2025-02-24 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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