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

Brachycladium Looss, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lecithodesmus*	Braun, 1902	synonym

Children

Brachycladium atlanticum (Abril, Balbuena & Raga, 1991) Gibson, 2005
Brachycladium delphini (Poirier, 1886) Looss, 1899
Brachycladium goliath (van Beneden, 1858) Fraija-Fernández, Aznar, Raga, Gibson & Fernández, 2014
Brachycladium palliatum (Looss, 1885) Looss, 1899

Literature

original description	Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784.
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].
additional source	Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. Fauna Arctica. 4: 289-372.
identification resource	Gibson, D. I. (2005). Family Brachycladiidae Odhner, 1905. 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. 641–652.