Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Opisthorchiata > Superfamily Opisthorchioidea > Family Heterophyidae > Genus Galactosomum

Galactosomum erinaceum (Poirier, 1886) Bittner & Sprehn, 1928

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Galactosomum*	Looss, 1899	accepted genus name
*Knipowitschiatrema*	Issaitschikov, 1927	synonym
*Cercarioides*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Distoma erinaceum*	Poirier, 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	Karar, Y. F. M.; Blend, C. K.; Dronen, N. O.; Adel, A. (2023). Towards resolving the problematic status of the digenean genus Astiotrema Looss, 1900: Taxa excluded from Astiotrema (sensu stricto) with special reference to plagiorchioid genera closely related to the restricted concept of Astiotrema. Zootaxa. 5284(3): 445-495.
additional source	Morozov, F. N. (1952). Trematode superfamily Heterophyoidea Faust, 1929. Skriabin K. I. Trematody zhivonykh i chekoveka (= Osnovy Trematodologii) [Trematodes of animals and humans. Fundamentals of trematodology]. 6: 152–615. (In Russian).
new combination reference	Bittner, H., Sprehn, C. E. W. (1928). Trematodes. Saugwürmer. Bioi. Tiere Deutschlands (Schulze). 27 (5): 1-133.
status source	Pearson, J. C. (1973). A revision of the subfamily Haplorchinae Looss, 1899 (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) II. Genus Galactosomum. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 266 (879): 341–447.