Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Pronocephalata > Superfamily Pronocephaloidea > Family Pronocephalidae > Genus Pleurogonius

Pleurogonius longiusculus Looss, 1901

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PleurogoniusLooss, 1901accepted genus name
Pyelosomum auct. misapplied name

Literature

original description

Looss, A. (1901). Ueber Trematoden aus Seeschildkröten der egyptischen Küsten. (Notizen zur Helminthologie Egyptens. 4). Centralblatt. Bakteriol. 1 Abt. Vol. 30: 555–569, 618–625.

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

Cavaco, B.; Madeira de Carvalho, L. M.; Shimoda, E.; Santoro, M.; Werneck, M. R. (2023). Helminth Fauna of Juvenile Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Helminthologia. 60, 2: 196 – 200.

additional source

Fernandes, B. M. M.; Kohn, A. (2014). South American trematodes parasites of amphibians and reptiles. Rio de Janeiro : Oficina de Livros. x, 228 pp.

redescription

Skrjabin, K. I. (1955). Suborder Pronocephalata Skrjabin, 1955. Osnovy Trematodologii. 10, 5–210. (In Russian).

redescription

Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere. 16, 411–894.

redescription

Caballero y C., E. (1954). Helmintos de la Republica de Panama X. Algunos trematodos de Chelone mydas (L.) tortuga marina comestible del Oceano Pacifico del Norte. An. Escuela Nac. Cien. Biol. Mexico. 8 (1-2): 31–58.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Pleurogonius longiusculus Looss, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108846

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by David Gibson

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