Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Brachycladioidea > Family Brachycladiidae > Subfamily Brachycladiinae > Genus Brachycladium

Brachycladium atlanticum (Abril, Balbuena & Raga, 1991) Gibson, 2005

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brachycladium*	Looss, 1899	accepted genus name
*Lecithodesmus*	Braun, 1902	synonym

Species group names

*Zalophotrema atlanticum*	Abril, Balbuena & Raga, 1991	synonym

Literature

additional source	Suárez-González, Z.; González, J. F.; Arbelo, M.; Sierra, E.; Castro-Alonso, A.; Hernández, J. N.; Martín, V.; Fraija-Fernández, N.; Fernández, A. (2024). Parasitic Infections in Stranded Whales and Dolphins in Canary Islands (2018–2022): An Update. Animals. 14(23): 3377.
additional source	Specht, N. R.; Keve, G.; Fernández-Maldonado, C.; Caro, A. C.; Takács, N.; Kontschán, J.; Hornok, S. (2024). Molecular investigation of endoparasites of marine mammals (Cetacea: Mysticeti, Odontoceti) in the Western Mediterranean. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11.
new combination reference	Gibson, D. I. (2005). Family Brachycladiidae Odhner, 1905. In Jones, A., Bray, R. A., & Gibson, D. I. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, pp. 641–652.
biology source	Fraija-Fernández, N.; Aznar, F. J.; Fernández, A.; Raga, J. A.; Fernández, M. (2016). Evolutionary relationships between digeneans of the family Brachycladiidae Odhner, 1905 and their marine mammal hosts: A cophylogenetic study. Parasitology International. 65 (3): 209–217.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Brachycladium atlanticum (Abril, Balbuena & Raga, 1991) Gibson, 2005. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=753849