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

Brachyenteron pycnorganum (Rees, 1953) Overstreet & Pritchard, 1977

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brachyenteron*	Manter, 1934	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Steganoderma pycnorganum*	Rees, 1953	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	Bray, R. A. (1987). A study of the helminth parasites of Anarhichas lupus (Perciformes: Anarhichadidae) in the North Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology. 31: 237-264.
additional source	Bray, R. A. (1987). A revision of the family Zoogonidae Odhner, 1902 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea): Subfamily Lepidophyllinae and comments on some aspects of biology. Systematic Parasitology. 9(2): 83-123.
additional source	Gibson, D.I. (1996) Guide to the parasites of Canadian fishes. Part IV. Trematoda. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 373 pp.
redescription	Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. (1986). The Zoogonidae (Digenea) of fishes from the north-east Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology Series). 51, 127–206.
new combination reference	Overstreet, R. M., Pritchard, M. H. (1977). Two new zoogonid Digenea from deep-sea fishes in the Gulf of Panama. Journal of Parasitology. 63: 840-844.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Brachyenteron pycnorganum (Rees, 1953) Overstreet & Pritchard, 1977. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109128