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Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899

AphiaID

108424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108424)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1902

Synonymised names

Ommatobrephidae Poche, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym)

Parorchidae Skrjabin, 1965 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Subfamily Cloacitrematinae Yamaguti, 1958
1. Genus Cloacitrema Yamaguti, 1935
2. Genus Pygorchis Looss, 1899
3. Genus Neopygorchis Tang & Tang, 1979 accepted as Pygorchis Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Subfamily Echinostephillinae Yamaguti, 1958
1. Genus Echinostephilla Lebour, 1909
2. Genus Skrjabinovermis Belopolskaya, 1953
Subfamily Parorchiinae Lal, 1936
1. Genus Parorchis Nicoll, 1907
2. Genus Pittacium Szidat, 1939
3. Genus Oswaldotrema Muniz-Pereira & Pinto, 2000 accepted as Pittacium Szidat, 1939 (synonym)
Subfamily Philophthalminae Looss, 1899
1. Genus Philophthalmus Looss, 1899
2. Genus Natterophthalmus Radev, Kanev, Nollen & Sattmann, 1996 accepted as Philophthalmus Looss, 1899
Genus Ophthalmotrema Sobolev, 1943 accepted as Philophthalmus Looss, 1899 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Proctobium Travassos, 1918 accepted as Parorchis Nicoll, 1907 (Synonym )
Subfamily Skrjabinovermiinae Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Echinostephillinae Yamaguti, 1958 (synonym)
Genus Zeugorchis Nicoll, 1906 nec Stafford, 1905 accepted as Parorchis Nicoll, 1907 (Pre-occupied)
Genus Pseudopsilostoma Yamaguti, 1958 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 586; note: as subfamily [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108424 on 2025-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gibson, David

2010-04-26 13:13:54Z

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Cribb, Thomas

2013-07-19 06:06:42Z

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Gibson, David

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original description Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 586; note: as subfamily [details]

original description (of Ommatobrephidae Poche, 1926) Poche, F. (1926). Das System der Platodaria. Archiv für naturgeschichte. Abteilung A. 91: 1-458.
page(s): 138 [details] Available for editors

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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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Family Philophthalmidae Travassos, 1918. Osnovy Trematodologii. 1:182–213. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 182 [details]

identification resource Kanev, I.; Radev, V.; Fried, B. (2005). Family Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899. In. Jones, A.; Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 2. CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, Wallingford. pp. 87–97.
page(s): 87 [details]

biology source Yamaguti S. (1975). A synoptical review of life histories of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates with special reference to the morphology of their larval forms. Tokyo, Keigaku Publishing Co. pp. LXI I + 590 + 219 pis.
page(s): 203 [details]

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