Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Microphalloidea > Family Microphallidae > Subfamily Microphallinae > Genus Megalophallus

Megalophallus carcini Prévot & Deblock, 1970

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Megalophallus*	Cable, Connor & Balling, 1960	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Prevot, G; Deblock, S. (1970). Contribution à l'étude des Microphallidae; Travassos 1920. Trematoda XX. Megalophallus carcini n. sp., adulte expérimental d'une métacercaire de Carcinus maenas Pennant. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 45 (2): 213–222.
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
redescription	Prevot G. (1972). Contribution a l'etude des Microphallidae Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda). Cycle evolutif de Megalophallus carcini Prevot et Deblock, 1970, parasite du Goeland (Larus argentatus). Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France. 97 (2): 157–163.
biology source	Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I. (2007). Synopsis of the life cycles of Digenea (Platyhelminthes) from lagoons of the northern coast of the western Mediterranean. Journal of Natural History. 41 (25-28): 1553–1570.