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 Heterophyes

Heterophyes aequalis Looss, 1902

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

HeterophyesCobbold, 1866accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Looss, A. (1902). Eine Revision der Fasciolidengattung Heterophyes Cobb. (Notizen zur Helminthologie Egyptens. 5). Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. 1 Abt. Orig. 32 (12): 886–891.

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

Kudlai, O.; Scholz,T.; Smit, N. (2018). Trematoda. In: Scholz,T.; Vanhove, M. P. M.; Smit, N.; Jayasundera, Z. & Gelnar, M. A Guide to the Parasites of African Freshwater Fishes. CEBioS, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels. pp. 245-268.

redescription

Sonin, M. D. (1986). Keys to the identification of trematodes of fish-eating birds of the Palaearctic (opisthorchids, renicolids, strigeids). Nauka, Moscow.. 215 pp. (In Russian).

redescription

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).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Heterophyes aequalis Looss, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109060

Dr. David Gibson. Heterophyes aequalis Looss, 1902. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a39c1dbe-42b3-4ea2-bc65-daeaef272a9a

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2014-01-09 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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