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

Microphallus Ward, 1901

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bulbovitellus*	Yamaguti, 1971	generic synonym
*Spelophallus*	Jägerskiöld, 1908	synonym
*Spelotrema*	Jägerskiöld, 1901	synonym

Children

Microphallus abortivus Deblock, 1974
Microphallus arenaria (Belopol'skaja & Uspensakaja, 1953)
Microphallus claviformis (Brandes, 1889) Baer, 1944
Microphallus fusiformis Reimer, 1963
Microphallus helicicola Belopolskaya & Soboleva, 1977
Microphallus hoffmanni Rebecq, 1964
Microphallus longicollis (Yamaguti, 1939)
Microphallus nicolli (Cable & Hunninen, 1938)
Microphallus papillorobustus (Rankin, 1940) Baer, 1944
Microphallus piriformes Galaktionov, 1983
Microphallus pirum (Lebour, 1907) Deblock, 1980
Microphallus primas (Jägerskiöld, 1908) Stunkard, 1951
Microphallus pseudopygmaeus Galaktionov, 1980
Microphallus pygmaeus (Levinsen, 1881) Baer, 1944
Microphallus scolectroma Deblock & Tran Van Ky, 1966
Microphallus similis (Jägerskiöld, 1900) Baer, 1944
Microphallus tauricus Stenko, 1973
Microphallus triangulata Galaktionov, 1984

Literature

original description	Ward, H. B. (1901). Notes on the parasites of the lake fish: III. On the structure of the copulatory organs in Microphallus nov. gen. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 22: 175–187.
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	Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
identification resource	Deblock, S. (2008). Family Microphallidae Ward, 1901. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Walllingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 451–492.
identification resource	Deblock, S.; Pearson, J. C. (1969). Contribution à l'étude des Microphallidae. Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda) XVIII - De cinq Microphallus d'Australie dont deux nouveaux. Essai de clé diagnostique des espèces du genre. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 44 (4): 391–414.
identification resource	Belopolskaja, M. M. (1952). Trematode family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. Osnovy Trematodologii. 6: 618–756 (In Russian).
identification resource	Belopolskaja, M. M. (1963). Family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. Osnovy Trematodologii. 21: 259–502 (In Russian).