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

Poracanthium Dollfus, 1948

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Poracanthium furcatum Dollfus, 1948

Literature

original description	Dollfus, R. P. (1948). L'enigme de Distoma furcatum Bremser enfin expliquée. Contribution à la connaissance des trématodes des poissons du genre Mullus en Méditerranée. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 45(928): 1-23.
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	Fischthal, J. H., Thomas, J. D. (1970). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Ghana: Family Opecoelidae. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 37(2), 129-141.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
identification resource	Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 443–531.