Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Hemiurata > Superfamily Hemiuroidea > Family Lecithasteridae > Subfamily Lecithasterinae

Lecithaster Lühe, 1901

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lecithaster atherinae Orecchia, Paggi & Radujkovic, 1988
Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905
Lecithaster stellatus Looss, 1907

Literature

original description	Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 24, 394-403, 473-488.
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	Looss, A. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Distomenfamilie Hemiuridae. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 31, 585–620.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
redescription	Vainutis, K. S.; Voronova, A. N. (2025). New insights in the systematics of the Hemiuroidea (Digenea: Hemiurata) based on the integrative taxonomy approach. Systematic Parasitology. 102:17.
taxonomy source	Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. Fauna Arctica. 4: 289-372.
taxonomy source	Atopkin, D.; Nakao, M.; Besprozvannykh, V.; Ha, N.; Nguyen, H.; Sasaki, M. (2020). Morphological and molecular data for species of Lecithaster Lühe, 1901 and Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae) from fish of East Asia and phylogenetic relationships within the Hemiuroidea Looss, 1899. Journal of Helminthology. 1-13.
identification resource	Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1954). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. First part. Osnovy Trematodologii. 9, 225–653. (In Russian).
identification resource	Gibson, D. I. (2002). Family Lecithasteridae Odhner, 1905. In: Gibson, D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. [Eds]. Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 381–396.
identification resource	Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 36: 35-146.
identification resource	Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 51 (2): 289–393.