Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Opecoeloidea > Family Opecoelidae > Subfamily Opistholebetinae > Genus Pachycreadium

Pachycreadium carnosum (Rudolphi, 1819) Cortini & Ferretti, 1959

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pachycreadium*	Manter, 1954	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Distoma carnosum*	Rudolphi, 1919	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	Akmirza, A. (2013). Digenean trematodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, the Aegean Sea, Turkey. Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment. 19 (3): 283–˗298.
additional source	Radujkovic, B.; Sundic, D. (2014). Parasitic flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda) of fishes from the Adriatic Sea. Natura Montenegrina. 13 (1):7–280.
redescription	Cortini, M.; Ferretti, G. (1959). Pachycreadium carnosum (Rudolphi, 1819), n. comb, trematode parassita di Dentex vulgaris. Parassitologia. 1,183-193.
redescription	Bartoli, P., Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. (1988). The Opecoelidae (Digenea) of sparid fishes of the western Mediterranean. I. Pachycreadium Manter, 1954. Systematic Parasitology. 12, 231-239,.
redescription	Saad-Fares, A.; Maillard, C. (1985). Trématodes des poissons des côtes du Liban. II. Redescription de Pachycreadium carnosum (Rud., 1819). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Biologie Animale. 7 (3): 181–185.
new combination reference	Cortini, M.; Ferretti, G. (1959). Pachycreadium carnosum (Rudolphi, 1819), n. comb, trematode parassita di Dentex vulgaris. Parassitologia. 1,183-193.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Pachycreadium carnosum (Rudolphi, 1819) Cortini & Ferretti, 1959. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108895