MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900

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Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900

AphiaID

414845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414845)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Paramphistomoidea Fischoeder, 1901

Synonymised names

Angiodictydae Looss, 1902 · unaccepted (lapsus)

Angiodictyidae Looss, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)

Curumaiinae Alho & Vicente, 1964 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Denticaudinae Yamaguti, 1958 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Deuterobaridinae Looss, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)

Dictyangiinae Yamaguti, 1958 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Hexangiinae Yamaguti, 1958 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Octangiinae Looss, 1902 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Octangioidinae Yamaguti, 1958 · unaccepted (Synonym)

Podocnemitrematinae Alho & Vicente, 1964 · unaccepted (Synonym)

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Genus Angiodictyum Looss, 1902
Genus Deuterobaris Looss, 1900
Genus Hexangitrema Price, 1937
Genus Hexangium Goto & Ozaki, 1929
Genus Microscaphidium Looss, 1900
Genus Neoctangium Ruiz, 1943
Genus Neohexangitrema Machida, 1984
Genus Octangium Looss, 1902
Genus Polyangium Looss, 1902
Genus Polygorgyra Blair, 1986
Genus Pseudohexangium Blair, 2005
Genus Arthurloossia Nagaty, 1954 accepted as Hexangium Goto & Ozaki, 1929 (synonym)
Genus Baris Looss, 1899 accepted as Deuterobaris Looss, 1900 (pre-occupied)
Subfamily Dictyangiinae Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900 (Synonym)
Subfamily Hexangiinae Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900 (Synonym)
Genus Microscapha Looss, 1899 accepted as Microscaphidium Looss, 1900 (pre-occupied)
Genus Nephrobius Poche, 1926 accepted as Polyangium Looss, 1902 (synonym)
Subfamily Octangiinae Looss, 1902 accepted as Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900 (Synonym)
Genus Parangiodictyum Mukherjee, 1993 accepted as Microscaphidium Looss, 1900 (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Looss, A. (1900). Nachträgliche Bemerkungen zu den Namen der von mir vorgeschlagenen Distomidengattungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 23: 601-608.
page(s): 605; note: Microscaphidiinae [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414845 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-09-23 09:16:50Z

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Nomenclature

original description Looss, A. (1900). Nachträgliche Bemerkungen zu den Namen der von mir vorgeschlagenen Distomidengattungen. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 23: 601-608.
page(s): 605; note: Microscaphidiinae [details]

original description (of Angiodictyidae Looss, 1902) Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere. 16, 411–894.
page(s): 617 [details]

original description (of Curumaiinae Alho & Vicente, 1964) Alho, C. J. R.; Vincente, J. J. (1964). Podocnemitrema papillosus g. n., sp. n., e nova organizacao da sistematica da familia Microscaphidiidae Travassos, 1922 (Trematoda Paramphistomoidea). Revista Brasileira de Biologia. 24: 17–22.
page(s): 21 [details]

original description (of Podocnemitrematinae Alho & Vicente, 1964) Alho, C. J. R.; Vincente, J. J. (1964). Podocnemitrema papillosus g. n., sp. n., e nova organizacao da sistematica da familia Microscaphidiidae Travassos, 1922 (Trematoda Paramphistomoidea). Revista Brasileira de Biologia. 24: 17–22.
page(s): 17 [details]

original description (of Denticaudinae Yamaguti, 1958) Yamaguti, S. (1958). Systema helminthum. Vol. 1. The digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. Interscience Publications, New York. 1-1575.
page(s): 343 [details]

original description (of Dictyangiinae Yamaguti, 1958) Yamaguti, S. (1958). Systema helminthum. Vol. 1. The digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. Interscience Publications, New York. 1-1575.
page(s): 513 [details]

original description (of Hexangiinae Yamaguti, 1958) Yamaguti, S. (1958). Systema helminthum. Vol. 1. The digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. Interscience Publications, New York. 1-1575.
page(s): 345 [details]

original description (of Octangioidinae Yamaguti, 1958) Yamaguti, S. (1958). Systema helminthum. Vol. 1. The digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. Interscience Publications, New York. 1-1575.
page(s): 515 [details]

original description (of Deuterobaridinae Looss, 1902) Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere. 16, 411–894.
page(s): 699 [details]

original description (of Octangiinae Looss, 1902) Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere. 16, 411–894.
page(s): 699 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Blair, D. (1986). A revision of the subfamily Microscaphidiinae (Platyhelminthes, Digenea, Microscaphidiidae) parasitic in marine turtles (Reptilia, Chelonia). Australian Journal of Zoology. 34 (2): 241–277., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/zo9860241
page(s): 242 [details]

taxonomy source Groschaft, J. (1977). Microscaphidium caballeroi sp. nov. from a marine turtle (Chelonia mydas) and a revision of the subfamily Microscaphidiinae Looss, 1900 (Trematoda: Microscaphidiidae). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Instituto de Biologia Publicaciones Especiales. 4: 169–176.
page(s): 174 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Eduardo, S. L.; Diaz, J. L. (2008). Flukes of the family Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900 (Trematoda: Digenea) from the Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas L. (Reptilia: Chelonia) in the Philippines with description of three new species. Philippine Journal of Veterinary Medicine. 45(2), 75–85. [details] Available for editors

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identification resource Blair, D. (2005). Family Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900. 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.193–212.
page(s): 193 [details]

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1949). Suborder Paramphistomatata (Szidat, 1936) Skrjabin et Schulz, 1937. Osnovy Trematodologii. 3: 5–619. (In Russian).
page(s): 522 [details]