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

Microscaphidium reticulare (Van Beneden, 1859) Looss, 1901

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MicroscaphidiumLooss, 1900accepted genus name

Species group names

Monostomum reticulare Van Beneden, 1859 synonym

Literature

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

Fischthal, J.H.; Acholonu, A.D. (1976). Some digenetic trematodes from the Atlantic hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata (L.), from Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 43 (2): 174–185.

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.

redescription

Skrjabin, K. I. (1949). Suborder Paramphistomatata (Szidat, 1936) Skrjabin et Schulz, 1937. Osnovy Trematodologii. 3: 5–619. (In Russian).

redescription

Blair, D. (1986). A revision of the subfamily Microscaphidiinae (Platyhelminthes, Digenea, Microscaphidiidae) parasitic in marine turtles (Reptilia, Chelonia). Australian Journal of Zoology. 34 (2): 241–277.

new combination reference

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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Microscaphidium reticulare (Van Beneden, 1859) Looss, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108850

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Occurrence

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