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 goliath (van Beneden, 1858) Fraija-Fernández, Aznar, Raga, Gibson & Fernández, 2014

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

*Distoma goliath*	van Beneden, 1858	synonym
*Lecithodesmus goliath*	(van Beneden, 1858) Odhner, 1905	synonym

Literature

additional source	de Amorim, D. B.; Piva, M. M.; Ribeiro, P. R.; et al. (2024). Pathological, morphological, and molecular characterization of the infection by Brachycladium goliath in humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae. Parasitology Research. 123, 200.
additional source	Briscoe, A. G.; Bray, R. A.; Brabec, J.; Littlewood, D. (2016). The mitochondrial genome and ribosomal operon of Brachycladium goliath (Digenea: Brachycladiidae) recovered from a stranded minke whale. Parasitology International. 65(3): 271-275.
new combination reference	Fraija-Fernández, N.; Aznar, F. J.; Raga, J. A.; Gibson, D.; Fernández, M. (2014). A new brachycladiid species (Digenea) from Gervais' beaked whale Mesoplodon europaeus in north-western Atlantic waters. Acta Parasitologica. 59(3): 510-517.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Brachycladium goliath (van Beneden, 1858) Fraija-Fernández, Aznar, Raga, Gibson & Fernández, 2014. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=753852