Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Opisthorchiata > Superfamily Opisthorchioidea > Family Heterophyidae

Galactosomum Looss, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cercarioides*	auct.	generic synonym
*Knipowitschiatrema*	Issaitschikov, 1927	synonym
*Cercarioides*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Galactosomum baylisi (Gohar, 1930)
Galactosomum cochleariforme (Rudolphi, 1819)
Galactosomum dollfusi Pearson, 1973
Galactosomum erinaceum (Poirier, 1886)
Galactosomum lacteum (Jägerskiöld, 1896)
Galactosomum nicolai (Isaichikov, 1927)
Galactosomum phalacrocoracis Yamaguti, 1939
Galactosomum puffini Yamaguti, 1941
Galactosomum semifuscum (Olsson, 1876)
Galactosomum timondavidi Pearson & Prévot, 1971
Knipowitschiatrema echinatum Timon-David, 1955
Knipowitschiatrema timondavidi (Pearson & Prevot, 1971)

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	Nomenclator Zoologicus

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Citation

Gibson, D. (2014). Galactosomum Looss, 1899. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108610

Dr David Gibson. Galactosomum Looss, 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=390288