Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Bucephalata > Superfamily Bucephaloidea > Family Bucephalidae > Subfamily Bucephalinae > Genus Bucephalus

Bucephalus anguillae Spakulova, Macko, Berrilli & Dezfuli, 2002

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bucephalus*	von Baer, 1827	accepted genus name
*Gasterostomum*	von Siebold, 1848	synonym
*Labratrema*	Maillard, 1975	synonym

Literature

original description	Spakulova, M.; Macko, J. K.; Berrilli, F.; Dezfuli, B. S. (2002). Description of Bucephalus anguillae n. sp. (Trematoda: Bucephalidae), a Parasite of the Eel Anguilla anguilla (Anguillidae) from a Brackish Water Lagoon of the Adriatic Sea. The Journal of Parasitology. 88(2): 382.
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	Filippi, J.J., Y. Quilichini, J. Foata & B. Marchand. (2013). Influence of site, season, silvering stage, and length on the parasites of the European eel Anguilla anguilla in two Mediterranean coastal lagoons of the island of Corsica, France using indicator species method. Parasitology Research 112(8):2959-2969.
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	Culurgioni, J., De Murtas, R., Figus, V. (2010). Helminth parasites of European eel Anguilla anguilla L. from St. Gilla lagoon (Sardinia, South western Mediterranean). Ittiopatologia. 7: 97–106.
additional source	Dezfuli, B. S.; Giari, L.; Castaldelli, G.; Lanzoni, M.; Rossi, R.; Lorenzoni, M.; Kennedy, C. R. (2014). Temporal and spatial changes in the composition and structure of helminth component communities in European eels Anguilla anguilla in an Adriatic coastal lagoon and some freshwaters in Italy. Parasitology Research. 113 (1): 113–120.
redescription	Gargouri Ben Abdallah, L., Maamouri, F. (2002). Cycle évolutif de Bucephalus anguillae Spakulová, Macko, Berrilli & Dezfuli, 2002 (Digenea, Bucephalidae) parasite de Anguilla anguilla (L.). Systematic Parasitology. 53, 207–217.
redescription	Filippi, J.-J.; Quilichini, Y.; Foata, J.; Marchand, B. (2010). Topography and ultrastructure of the tegument of Bucephalus anguillae (Digenea: Bucephalidae), a parasite of the European Eel Anguilla anguilla (Osteichthyen: Anguillidae). Journal of Parasitology. 96 (6): 1102–1111.
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.