WoRMS taxon details
Lecithochiriinae Lühe, 1901
Brachyphallinae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955 · unaccepted (synonym)
Grassitrematinae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pulmoverminae Sandars, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sterrhurinae Looss, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tricotyledoninae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Umatrematinae Srivastava & Sahai, 1978 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Genus Boreascotia Bray & Zdzitowiecki, 2000
- Genus Brachyphallus Odhner, 1905
- Genus Catarinatrema Teixeira de Freitas & Santos, 1971
- Genus Cyatholecithochirium Yamaguti, 1970
- Genus Dissosaccus Manter, 1947
- Genus Hypohepaticola Yamaguti, 1934
- Genus Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901
- Genus Plicatrium Manter & Pritchard, 1960
- Genus Prolecithochirium Yamaguti, 1970
- Genus Pseudodinosoma Yamaguti, 1970
- Genus Tricotyledonia Fyfe, 1954
- Genus Anaplerurus Srivastava & Sahai, 1978 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Ceratotrema Jones, 1933 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Grassitrema Yeh, 1955 accepted as Tricotyledonia Fyfe, 1954 (Synonym)
- Genus Hydrophitrema Sandars, 1960 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Jajonetta Jones, 1933 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Laticaudatrema Telford, 1967 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Magniscyphus Reid, Coil & Kuntz, 1965 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Neohysterolecitha Ahmad, 1977 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Pulmovermis Coil & Kuntz, 1960 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Separogermiductus Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Sterrhurus Looss, 1907 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (Synonym)
- Genus Umatrema Srivastava & Sahai, 1978 accepted as Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 481 [details]
page(s): 481 [details]
WoRMS (2025). Lecithochiriinae Lühe, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724982 on 2025-07-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 481 [details]
original description (of Pulmoverminae Sandars, 1961) Sandars, D. F. (1961). Pulmoverminae n. subfam. (Trematoda: Digenea) for the genera Pulmovermis and Hydrophitrema. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 35: 305-308.
page(s): 305 [details]
original description (of Brachyphallinae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955) Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. Second part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10: 337–649. (In Russian).
page(s): 467 [details]
original description (of Sterrhurinae Looss, 1907) Looss, A. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Distomenfamilie Hemiuridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 31, 585–620.
page(s): 599 [details]
original description (of Umatrematinae Srivastava & Sahai, 1978) Srivastava, H. D., Sahai, D. (1978). Trematodes of Indian fishes. Part - 4 four new genera, one new subfamily and one new species, with a review of the species of Ophiocorchis Srivastava, 1933 , (family - Hemiuridae Luhe, 1901). <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Section B, Biological Sciences.</em> 48(1): 39-52.
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Tricotyledoninae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1957) Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L H. (1957). Additions to Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch, 1951) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1954. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 13, 601–779. (In Russian).
page(s): 756 [details]
original description (of Grassitrematinae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1960) Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1960). Classification and general morphological and biological characterization of trematodes of the suborder Hemiurata. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 17: 532–640. (In Russian). (IPST Jerusalem 1964 369–444).
page(s): 613, 625 [details]
page(s): 481 [details]
original description (of Pulmoverminae Sandars, 1961) Sandars, D. F. (1961). Pulmoverminae n. subfam. (Trematoda: Digenea) for the genera Pulmovermis and Hydrophitrema. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 35: 305-308.
page(s): 305 [details]
original description (of Brachyphallinae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955) Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. Second part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10: 337–649. (In Russian).
page(s): 467 [details]
original description (of Sterrhurinae Looss, 1907) Looss, A. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Distomenfamilie Hemiuridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 31, 585–620.
page(s): 599 [details]
original description (of Umatrematinae Srivastava & Sahai, 1978) Srivastava, H. D., Sahai, D. (1978). Trematodes of Indian fishes. Part - 4 four new genera, one new subfamily and one new species, with a review of the species of Ophiocorchis Srivastava, 1933 , (family - Hemiuridae Luhe, 1901). <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Section B, Biological Sciences.</em> 48(1): 39-52.
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Tricotyledoninae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1957) Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L H. (1957). Additions to Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch, 1951) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1954. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 13, 601–779. (In Russian).
page(s): 756 [details]
original description (of Grassitrematinae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1960) Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1960). Classification and general morphological and biological characterization of trematodes of the suborder Hemiurata. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 17: 532–640. (In Russian). (IPST Jerusalem 1964 369–444).
page(s): 613, 625 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Urabe, M.; Sasai, T.; Sokolov, S. G. (2025). Rejection of the concept of hemiurid genus Pulmovermis (Digenea: Hemiuridae) and other taxonomic propositions: new morphological and molecular data regarding Lecithochirium cyanovitellosum (Coil and Kuntz, 1960) Urabe and Sokolov, comb. nov. (formerly Pulmovermis cyanovitellosus). <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 102(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-025-10213-3 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. Second part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10: 337–649. (In Russian).
page(s): 360 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D.I. (2002). Family Hemiuridae Looss, 1899. In: Gibson D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. (eds),. <em>Keys to the Trematoda, vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 305–340.
page(s): 325 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 91 [details]
page(s): 360 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D.I. (2002). Family Hemiuridae Looss, 1899. In: Gibson D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. (eds),. <em>Keys to the Trematoda, vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 305–340.
page(s): 325 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 91 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors
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