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 Lecithostaphylus

Lecithostaphylus retroflexus (Molin, 1859) Odhner, 1911

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lecithostaphylus*	Odhner, 1911	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Distomum retroflexum*	Molin, 1859	synonym
*Steganoderma retroflexum*	(Molin, 1859) Manter, 1947	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	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	Kacem, H.; Ndiaye, P.; Neifar, L.; Torres, J.; Miquel, J. (2015). Spermatological characters of the digenean Lecithostaphylus retroflexus (Molin, 1859) (Microphalloidea: Zoogonidae), a parasite of the teleost fish Belone belone gracilis. Tissue and Cell. 47 (4): 431–437.
redescription	Timon-David, J. (1937). Étude sur les trématodes parasites des poissons du golfe de Marseille. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco. 717: 1–24.
redescription	Bartoli, P.; Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I. (2003). Lecithostaphylus retroflexus (Molin, 1859) (Zoogonidae) and Tergestia acanthocephala (Stossich, 1887) (Fellodistomidae) (Digenea) from the epipelagic teleost Belone belone (L.) in the western Mediterranean. Systematic Parasitology. 54(2): 131-143.
redescription	Odhner, T. (1911). Zum naturlichen System der digenen Trematoden. III. (Ein weitere Fall von sekundärum Anus). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 38: 97-117.
redescription	Châari, M.; Derbel, H.; Neifar, L. (2016). Morphometrics and levels of infections of digeneans in belonid fish species off the coast of Tunisia. Journal of Helminthology. 90 (5): 523–532.
new combination reference	Odhner, T. (1911). Zum naturlichen System der digenen Trematoden. III. (Ein weitere Fall von sekundärum Anus). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 38: 97-117.