Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Opisthorchiata > Superfamily Opisthorchioidea > Family Heterophyidae

Galactosomum Looss, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Knipowitschiatrema*	Issaitschikov, 1927	synonym
*Cercarioides*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Galactosomum cochleariforme (Rudolphi, 1819)
Galactosomum dollfusi Pearson, 1973
Galactosomum erinaceum (Poirier, 1886) Bittner & Sprehn, 1928
Galactosomum lacteum (Jägerskiöld, 1896) Looss, 1899
Galactosomum nicolai (Isaichikov, 1927) Beuret, Scott & Pearson, 2000
Galactosomum phalacrocoracis Yamaguti, 1939
Galactosomum puffini Yamaguti, 1941
Galactosomum semifuscum (Olsson, 1876)
Galactosomum timondavidi Pearson & Prévot, 1971

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	Pearson, J. C. (1973). A revision of the subfamily Haplorchinae Looss, 1899 (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) II. Genus Galactosomum. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 266 (879): 341–447.
taxonomy source	Prudhoe, S. (1949). A review of the trematode genus Galactosomum. Journal of Helminthology. 23 (3-4): 135–156.
taxonomy source	Pearson, J. C. (1973). A revision of the subfamily Haplorchinae Looss, 1899 (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) II. Genus Galactosomum. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 266 (879): 341–447.
taxonomy source	Yamaguti, S. (1939). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 25. Trematodes of birds. Japanese Journal of Zoology. 8: 129–210.
taxonomy source	Cable, R. M.; Connor, R. S.; Balling, J. W. (1960). Digenetic trematodes of Puerto Rican shore birds. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 17 (2): 187–255.
identification resource	Pearson, J. C. (1973). A revision of the subfamily Haplorchinae Looss, 1899 (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) II. Genus Galactosomum. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 266 (879): 341–447.
identification resource	Pearson, J. (2008). Family Heterophyidae Leiper, 1909. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Wallingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 113–141.
identification resource	Morozov, F. N. (1952). Trematode superfamily Heterophyoidea Faust, 1929. Skriabin K. I. Trematody zhivonykh i chekoveka (= Osnovy Trematodologii) [Trematodes of animals and humans. Fundamentals of trematodology]. 6: 152–615. (In Russian).
identification resource	Dubois, G., Mahon, J. (1959). Étude de quelques trématodes Nord-Américains (avec note sur la position systématique de Parorchis Nicoll 1907) suivie d'une revision des genres Galactosomum Looss 1899 et Ochetosoma Braun 1901. Bulletin de la Société Neuchateloise des Sciences Naturelles. 82: 191–229.