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

Metorchis Looss, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Metorchis albidus (Braun, 1893)
Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1790)
Metorchis crassiusculus (Rudolphi, 1809)
Metorchis hovorkai Macko, 1955
Metorchis pinguinicola Skrjabin, 1913
Metorchis progeneticus Markowski, 1936
Metorchis tener Kowalewski, 1903
Metorchis xanthostomus (Creplin, 1846)

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
additional source	Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128.

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Citation

Gibson, D. (2014). Metorchis 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:108621

Dr David Gibson. Metorchis Looss, 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=390721