WoRMS taxon details

Mesolecitha ghanensis Fischthal & Thomas, 1968

726020  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:726020)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Trematoda (Class)
  7. Digenea (Subclass)
  8. Plagiorchiida (Order)
  9. Gymnophallata (Suborder)
  10. Gymnophalloidea (Superfamily)
  11. Fellodistomidae (Family)
  12. Fellodistominae (Subfamily)
  13. Mesolecitha (Genus)
  14. Mesolecitha ghanensis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
Fischthal, J. H., Thomas, J. D. (1968). Digenetic trematodes of some freshwater and marine fishes from Ghana. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 35 (2), 126-140.
page(s): 138 [details] 
Type locality contained in Ghanaian part of the Gulf of Guinea  
type locality contained in Ghanaian part of the Gulf of Guinea [details]
WoRMS (2025). Mesolecitha ghanensis Fischthal & Thomas, 1968. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=726020 on 2025-07-11
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2013-04-16 09:58:56Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2013-07-10 06:45:38Z
checked
Gibson, David

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Nomenclature

original description Fischthal, J. H., Thomas, J. D. (1968). Digenetic trematodes of some freshwater and marine fishes from Ghana. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 35 (2), 126-140.
page(s): 138 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (Holotype USNM 1358904) 

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