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

Bucephalus von Baer, 1827

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Gasterostomum von Siebold, 1848 synonym; nom. inval.
Labratrema Maillard, 1975 synonym

Children

Bucephalus anguillae Spakulova, Macko, Berrilli & Dezfuli, 2002
Bucephalus baeri Maillard & Saad-Fares, 1981
Bucephalus labracis Paggi & Orecchia, 1965
Bucephalus marinus Vlasenko, 1931
Bucephalus minimus (Stossich, 1887) Nicoll, 1914
Bucephalus mytili Cole, 1935
Bucephalus polymorphus von Baer, 1827

Literature

original description

von Baer, K. E. (1827). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der niedern Thiere. Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum, Bonn. 13 (2): 523–762. + Plate XXIX-XXX.

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

Orecchia, Paola; Marina Ortis; Lia Paggi (2006). Digenei, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.

identification resource

Overstreet, R. M., Curran, S. S. (2002). Superfamily Bucephaloidea Poche, 1907. In Gibson, D. I., Jones, A., & Bray, R. A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 1. (pp. 67-110). Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I.; Guschanskaja, L. H. (1962). Order Bucephalidida (Odening, 1960) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1962. Osnovy Trematodologii. 20: 166–559. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Bucephalus von Baer, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108668

Dr. David Gibson. Bucephalus von Baer, 1827. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/56d35210-76f7-4421-98bf-90aa4f6556bb

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2019-02-20 by Dr. David Gibson & by David Gibson

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