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

Polylekithum Arnold, 1934

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Polylekithum trachuri Rizk, Taha & El-Rahman, 1996

Literature

original description	Arnold, J. G. (1934). Some trematodes of the common Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 53(3): 267-276.
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	Curran, S.; Tkach, V.; Overstreet, R. (2006). A review of Polylekithum Arnold, 1934 and its familial affinities using morphological and molecular data, with description of Polylekithum catahoulensis sp. nov. Acta Parasitologica. 51(4), 238–248.
identification resource	Caira, J. N.; Bogéa, T. (2005). Family Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902. 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 417–436.
identification resource	Koval, V. P. (1966). Family Allocreadiidae Stossich, 1903. Osnovy Trematodologii. 22: 184–310. (In Russian).