MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Acanthostomum Looss, 1899

ERMS taxon details

Acanthostomum Looss, 1899

AphiaID

108593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108593)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cryptogonimidae Ward, 1917

Direct children (6)

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Species Acanthostomum absconditum (Looss, 1901) Gohar, 1934
Species Acanthostomum saoudi Hassan, Khidr & Abu Samak, 1990
Species Acanthostomum spiniceps (Looss, 1896) Looss, 1899
Species Acanthostomum balthicum Reimer, Hildebrand, Scharberth & Walter, 1996 accepted as Timoniella balthica (Reimer, Hildebrand, Scharberth & Walter, 1996) Miller & Cribb, 2008 accepted as Timoniella imbutiforme (Molin, 1859) Brooks, 1980 accepted as Timoniella imbutiformis (Molin, 1859) Brooks, 1980 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acanthostomum imbutiforme (Molin, 1859) Gohar, 1934 accepted as Timoniella imbutiforme (Molin, 1859) Brooks, 1980 accepted as Timoniella imbutiformis (Molin, 1859) Brooks, 1980 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acanthostomum inerme (Stossich, 1905) Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Aphallus tubarium (Rudolphi, 1819) Poche, 1926 (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

neuter

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): 577 [details]

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2025). Acanthostomum Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108593 on 2025-05-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Acanthostomum Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108593 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gibson, David

2006-09-04 10:51:58Z

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Martinez, Olga

2013-12-19 12:56:45Z

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Gibson, David

2019-02-05 16:13:12Z

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Gibson, David

2019-11-25 14:08:14Z

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Bray, Rod

2020-01-02 14:59:25Z

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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): 577 [details]

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 RoR) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

identification resource Miller, T. L.; Cribb, T. H. (2008). Family Cryptogonimidae Ward 1917. In: Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. & Jones, A. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3. Wallingford, CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum. pp. 51–112.
page(s): 106 [details]

identification resource Khalil, L. F. (1963). On Acanthostomum gymnarchi (Dollfus, 1950) with notes on the genera .Acanthostomum Looss, 1899, Atrophecaecum Bhalerao, 1940, Gymnatotrema Morosov, 1955, and Haplocaecum Simha, 1958. Journal of Helminthology. 37: 207-214.
page(s): 213 [details]

identification resource Morozov, F. N. (1955). Suborder Heterophyata Morosov, 1955. Osnovy Trematodologii. 10: 241-335. (In Russian).
page(s): 252 [details]

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