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 Peracreadium

Peracreadium characis (Stossich, 1886) Bartoli, Gibson & Bray, 1989

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Peracreadium*	Nicoll, 1909	accepted genus name
*Lebouria*	Nicoll, 1909	synonym

Species group names

*Distomum characis*	Stossich, 1886	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	Kacem, H.; Miquel, J. (2023). A Review of Sperm Ultrastructural Characters in the Opecoelidae (Digenea) and Their Phylogenetic Implications, with New Data on Peracreadium characis, a Parasite of Diplodus puntazzo in Tunisia. Animals. 13(12): 1953.
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.
additional source	Jousson, O.; Bartoli, P.; Pawlowski, J. (1999). Molecular identification of developmental stages in Opecoelidae (Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology. 29: 1853–1858.
redescription	Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R.A. (1989). The Opecoelidae (Digenea) of sparid fishes of the western Mediterranean. IV. Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909 and Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909. Syst.ematic Parasitology. 14, 53-67.
new combination reference	Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R.A. (1989). The Opecoelidae (Digenea) of sparid fishes of the western Mediterranean. IV. Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909 and Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909. Syst.ematic Parasitology. 14, 53-67.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Peracreadium characis (Stossich, 1886) Bartoli, Gibson & Bray, 1989. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108896