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 musculus (Looss, 1907) Nasir & Diaz, 1971

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

Species group names

*Sterrhurus musculus*	Looss, 1907	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	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	Tepe, Y.; Oğuz, M. C.; Heckmann, R. A. (2014). Digenean and cestode parasites of teleost fish from the Eastern Black Sea Region. Turkish Journal of Zoology. 38: 209–215.
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	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.
redescription	Carreras-Aubets, M.; Montero, F. E.; Kostadinova, A.; Gibson, D. I.; Carrassón, M. (2012). Redescriptions of two frequently recorded but poorly known hemiurid digeneans, Lecithochirium musculus (Looss, 1907) (Lecithochiriinae) and Ectenurus lepidus Looss, 1907 (Dinurinae), based on material from the western Mediterranean. Systematic Parasitology. 82 (3): 185–199.
redescription	López-Hernández, D. D.; Lasso-Alcalá, O.; Mago G., M.; Chinchilla M., O. L. (2017). Primer registro de Lecithochirium cf. musculus (Looss, 1907) Nassir y Díaz, 1971 y Catarinatrema cf. verrucosum Texeira de Freitas y Santos, 1971 (Trematoda: Hemiuroidea) en el pez león (Pterois volitans). Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales. 75(183): 49–62.
redescription	Radujković, B.M., Orecchia, P., Paggi, L. (1989). Parasites des poissons marin du Montenegro: digènes. Acta Adriatica. 30(1-2): 137-187.
redescription	Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1986). The Hemiuridae (Digenea) of fishes from the northeast Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series. 51, 1-125.
redescription	Paradiznik, V., Radujkovic, B. (2007). Digenea trematodes in fish of the north Adriatic Sea. Acta Adriatica. 48 (2): 115–129.
new combination reference	Nasir, P., Díaz, M. T. (1971). A revision of genus Lecithochirium Luehe, 1901, and redescription of L. monticellii (Linton, 1898) Skrjabin and Guschanskaja, 1955. Rivista di Parassitologia. 32: 27–36.
taxonomy source	Vilas, R.; Paniagua Crespo, E.; Sanlés, D. G.; Sanmartín, M. L. (2000). Allozyme analysis of two polymorphic enzymes in a natural population of Lecithochirium musculus. Parasitology Research. 86 (5): 419–421.
taxonomy source	Vilas, R., Paniagua, E., Outeiral, S., Sanmartín, M. (2002). Electrophoretic and morphological differentiation of three sympatric species of the genus Lecithochirium (Trematoda: Hemiuridae), parasites of marine fishes. Parasitology Research. 88 (12): 1055–1060.