Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Hemiurata > Superfamily Hemiuroidea > Family Hemiuridae > Subfamily Lecithochiriinae > Genus Lecithochirium

Lecithochirium microstomum Chandler, 1935

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lecithochirium*	Lühe, 1901	accepted genus name
*Ceratotrema*	Jones, 1933	synonym
*Sterrhurus*	Looss, 1907	synonym

Literature

original description	Chandler, A.C. (1935). Parasites of fishes in Galveston Bay. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 83(2977):123-157.
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	Overstreet, R. M. (1969). Digenetic trematodes of marine teleost fishes from Biscayne Bay, Florida. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany. 15, 119-176.
additional source	Fernandes, B. M. M.; Arci, A. D. N.; Cohen, S. C. (2009). New data on some species of Monogenea and Digenea parasites of marine fish from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária. 18 (02): 13–18.
additional source	Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Braicovich, P. E.; Irigoitia, M. M.; Bovcon, N. D.; Timi, J. T. (2020). Parasites of Percophis brasiliensis (Percophidae) benefited from fishery regulations: Indicators of success for marine protected areas?. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
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additional source	Ndiaye, P. I.; Quilichini, Y.; Sène, A.; Tkach, V. V.; Bâ, C. T.; Marchand, B. (2014). Ultrastructural characters of the spermatozoa in Digeneans of the genus Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (Digenea, Hemiuridae), parasites of fishes: comparative study of L. microstomum and L. musculus. Parasite. 21: 49.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Reid, W. A., Coil, W. H., Kuntz, R. E. (1965). Hemiurid trematodes of Formosan marine fishes. II. Subfamily Lecithochiriinae. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington,. 32(2): 199-205.
additional source	Pérez-Ponce de León, G.; León-Règagnon, V.; Monks, S. (1998). Theletrum lamothei sp. nov.(Digenea), parasite of Echidna nocturna from Cuajiniquil, Guanacaste, and other digenes of marine fishes from Costa Rica. Revista de biologia tropical. 46(2), 345-354.
additional source	Kohn, A.; Fernandes, B.M.M.; Cohen, S.C. (2007). South American trematode parasites of fishes. CNPq, FIOCRUZ. 318 pp.
additional source	Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. American Midland Naturalist. 38, 257–416.
redescription	Wallet, M., Kohn, A. (1987). Trématodes parasites de poissons marins du littoral de Rio de Janeiro, Brésil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 82 (1): 21–27.
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redescription	Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 2, 325-497.
redescription	Florencia, A. M., Silvia E, G., Carla B, S., Noelia, G., Melisa, P., Javier, M., Javier, S., Roman, U., Daniel, T. (2011). Digeneos parásitos de Porichthys porosissimus (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) en el estuario de Bahía Blanca. BioScriba. 4 (1): 26–37.
redescription	Lamothe-Argumedo, R. (1966). Tremátodos de peces II. Presencia de los tremátodos Bianium plicitum (Linton, 1928) Stunkard, 1931 y Lecithochirium microstomum Chandler, 1935, en peces del Pacífico mexicano. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 36 (1965): 147–157.
redescription	Chaves, N. D.; Luque, J. L. (1998). Trematadeos digeneticos parasitos de Menticirrhus americanus (Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae) no litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Parasitología al día. 22 (1-2): 33–37.
redescription	de Fabio, S. P. (1989). Sobre tres Hemiuridae parasitos de peixes do littoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Trematoda, Digenea). Arquivos da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. 11: 45–49.
redescription	Timi, J. T., Martorelli, S. R., & Sardella, N. H. (1999). Digenetic trematodes parasitic on Engraulis anchoita (Pisces: Engraulidae) from Argentina and Uruguay. Folia parasitologica. 46(2): 132-138.
redescription	Kardousha, M. M. (2003). Redescription of ten species of digenetic trematodes from marine fishes of the Emirati Coasts of the Arabian Gulf. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research. 21 (4): 217–226.
redescription	Pantoja, C.; Kudlai, O. (2022). Hemiurid Trematodes (Digenea: Hemiuridae) from Marine Fishes off the Coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Novel Molecular Data. Animals. 12(23): 3355.
redescription	Amato, J.F.R. (1983). Digenetic trematodes of percoid fishes of Florianopolis, southern Brasil - Pleorchiidae, Didymozoidae, and Hemiuridae, with the description of three new species. Revista Brasileira de Biologia. 43 (1): 99-124.
redescription	Manter, H. W., Pritchard, M. H. (1960). Additional hemiurid trematodes from Hawaiian fishes. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 27 (2): 165-180.
redescription	Williams, E.H., Jr. & L. Bunkley-Williams. (1996). Parasites of offshore big game fishes of Puerto Rico and the western Atlantic. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources & University of Puerto Rico, San Juan & Mayaguez 382pp.
redescription	Razarihelisoa, M. (1959). Sur quelques trématodes digènes de poissons de Nossibé (Madagascar). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 84: 421–434.
redescription	León-Règagnon, V., Pérez-Ponce de León, G., Lamothe-Argumedo, R. (1997). Hemiuriformes de peces marinos de la Bahia de Chamela, Mexico, con la descripcion de una nueva especie del genero Hysterolecitha (Digenea: Hemiuridae: Lecithasterinae). Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Series Zoología). 66 (1): 1-34.
redescription	Manter, H. W., Pritchard, M. H. (1960). Some hemiurid trematodes from Hawaiian fishes. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 27(1): 87-102.
redescription	Shen, J. W. (1990). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Hainan Island. Beijing: Science Press. 228 pp. (In Chinese).
redescription	Sogandares-Bernal, F.; Hutton, R. F. (1959). Studies on helminth parasites from the coast of Florida. IV. Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Tampa, Boca Ciega Bays, and the Gulf of Mexico. 3. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences. 21(3): 259-273.
redescription	Pearse, A. S. (1949). Observations on flatworms and nemerteans collected at Beaufort, N.C. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 100(3255): 25-38
taxonomy source	Yamaguti, S. (1970). Digenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. Tokyo: Keigaku, 436 pp.
taxonomy source	Manter, H. W. (1970). The terminology and occurrence of certain structures of digenetic trematodes, with special reference to the Hemiuroidea. In:. H.D. Srivastava Commemoration Volume. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, U.P., India, pp. 27–33.