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 Opecoelinae > Genus Poracanthium

Poracanthium furcatum Dollfus, 1948

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Poracanthium*	Dollfus, 1948	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Dollfus, R. P. (1948). L'enigme de Distoma furcatum Bremser enfin expliquée. Contribution à la connaissance des trématodes des poissons du genre Mullus en Méditerranée. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 45(928): 1-23.
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	Brahim Tazi, N. A., Meddour, A., Bayssade-Dufour, C., Boutiba, Z. (2009). Investigation sur les parasites digena de Mullus surmuletus Linné, 1758 dans le littoral Algérien. European Journal of Scientific Research. 25: 448–462.
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.
additional source	Martínez-Vicaria, A.; Martín-Sánchez, J.; Illescas, P.; Lara, A.; Jiménez-Albarrán, M.; Valero, A. (2000). The occurrence of two opecoeliid digeneans in Mullus barbatus and M. surmuletus. Journal of Helminthology. 74 (2): 161–164.
additional source	Levron, C., Ternengo, S., Marchand, B. (2004). Spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure of Poracanthium furcatum (Digenea, Opecoelidae), a parasite of Mullus surmuletus (Pisces, Teleostei). Acta Parasitologica. 49 (3),: 190–200.
redescription	Bartoli, P., Gibson, D.I. (1991). On Podocotyle scorpaenae, Poracanthium furcatum and Derogenes latus,three poorly known digenean parasites of western Mediterranean teleosts. Systematic Parasitology. 20, 29-46.
redescription	Le Pommelet, E., Bartoli, P., Silan, P. (1997). Biodiversité des digènes et autres helminthes intestinaux des Rougets: Synthèse pour Mullus surmuletus (Linné, 1758) et M. barbatus (L. 1758) dans le bassin méditerranéen. Annales des Sciences Naturelles - Zoologie et Biologie Animale. 18: 117–133.
redescription	Lopez-Roman, R., Guevara Pozo, D. (1977). Some Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from teleosts of the Alboran Sea. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Instituto de Biologia Publicaciones Especiales. 4: 223–231.