WoRMS taxon details
Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899
Adenogasterinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Charaxicephalidae Price, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
Charaxicephalinae Price, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cricocephalinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Metacetabulidae Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neopronocephalidae Mehra, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neopronocephalinae Mehra, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)
Opisthopondae Fukui, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pronocephalinae Looss, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teloporidae Fukui, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
Genus Adenogaster Looss, 1901
Genus Cetiosaccus Gilbert, 1938
Genus Charaxicephaloides Groschaft & Tenora, 1978
Genus Charaxicephalus Looss, 1901
Genus Cricocephalus Looss, 1899
Genus Desmogonius Stephens, 1911
Genus Diaschistorchis Johnston, 1913
Genus Iguanacola Gilbert, 1938
Genus Metacetabulum Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938
Genus Neopronocephalus Mehra, 1932
Genus Notopronocephalus Cribb & Pichelin, 1997
Genus Pleurogonius Looss, 1901
Genus Pronocephalus Looss, 1899
Genus Pyelosomum Looss, 1899
Genus Rameshwarotrema Rao, 1975
Genus Ruicephalus Skrjabin, 1955
Subfamily Adenogasterinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (Synonym)
Genus Astrorchis Poche, 1926 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Barisomum Linton, 1910 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Subfamily Charaxicephalinae Price, 1931 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Subfamily Cricocephalinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (Synonym)
Genus Epibathra Looss, 1902 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Glyphicephalus Looss, 1901 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Himasomum Linton, 1910 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Medioporus Oguro, 1936 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Myosaccus Gilbert, 1938 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Neoadenogaster Mehrotra, 1973 accepted as Cricocephalus Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Neocricocephalus Gupta, 1962 accepted as Cricocephalus Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Subfamily Neopronocephalinae Mehra, 1932 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Odilebainia Caballero Rodríguez, del Río-Estrada, Rodríguez-Álvarez & Tello-Sandoval, 1992 accepted as Himasomum Linton, 1910 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Paradenogaster Fischthal & Kuntz, 1975 accepted as Adenogaster Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Subfamily Pronocephalinae Looss, 1899 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Pseudobarisomum Siddiqi & Cable, 1960 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym, according to Blair (2005))
Genus Raogaster Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 accepted as Adenogaster Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Synechorchis Barker, 1922 accepted as Diaschistorchis Johnston, 1913 (synonym)
Genus Wilderia Pratt, 1914 accepted as Diaschistorchis Johnston, 1913 (synonym)
Genus Cetiosaccus Gilbert, 1938
Genus Charaxicephaloides Groschaft & Tenora, 1978
Genus Charaxicephalus Looss, 1901
Genus Cricocephalus Looss, 1899
Genus Desmogonius Stephens, 1911
Genus Diaschistorchis Johnston, 1913
Genus Iguanacola Gilbert, 1938
Genus Metacetabulum Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938
Genus Neopronocephalus Mehra, 1932
Genus Notopronocephalus Cribb & Pichelin, 1997
Genus Pleurogonius Looss, 1901
Genus Pronocephalus Looss, 1899
Genus Pyelosomum Looss, 1899
Genus Rameshwarotrema Rao, 1975
Genus Ruicephalus Skrjabin, 1955
Subfamily Adenogasterinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (Synonym)
Genus Astrorchis Poche, 1926 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Barisomum Linton, 1910 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Subfamily Charaxicephalinae Price, 1931 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Subfamily Cricocephalinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (Synonym)
Genus Epibathra Looss, 1902 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Glyphicephalus Looss, 1901 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Himasomum Linton, 1910 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Medioporus Oguro, 1936 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Myosaccus Gilbert, 1938 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Neoadenogaster Mehrotra, 1973 accepted as Cricocephalus Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Neocricocephalus Gupta, 1962 accepted as Cricocephalus Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Subfamily Neopronocephalinae Mehra, 1932 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Odilebainia Caballero Rodríguez, del Río-Estrada, Rodríguez-Álvarez & Tello-Sandoval, 1992 accepted as Himasomum Linton, 1910 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Paradenogaster Fischthal & Kuntz, 1975 accepted as Adenogaster Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Subfamily Pronocephalinae Looss, 1899 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
Genus Pseudobarisomum Siddiqi & Cable, 1960 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym, according to Blair (2005))
Genus Raogaster Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 accepted as Adenogaster Looss, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Synechorchis Barker, 1922 accepted as Diaschistorchis Johnston, 1913 (synonym)
Genus Wilderia Pratt, 1914 accepted as Diaschistorchis Johnston, 1913 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 665 [details]
page(s): 665 [details]

WoRMS (2023). Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108428 on 2023-06-02
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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. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 665 [details]
original description (of Metacetabulidae Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938) Teixeira de Freitas, J. F.; Lent, H. (1938). Sobre alguns trematodeos parasitos de Chelone mydas (L.), principalmente Paramphistomoidea. <em>Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.</em> 33: 79–87.
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Neopronocephalidae Mehra, 1932) Mehra, H. R. (1932). Nouveaux monostomes de la famille des Pronocephalidae des tortues d'eau douce de l'Inde. Classification de cette famille. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 10 (3): 225–247.
page(s): 245; note: as subfamily [details]
original description (of Teloporidae Fukui, 1933) Fukui, T. (1933). Teloporia (Tremat.) = Opisthoporus. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 103 (11-12): 332–333.
page(s): 332; note: for Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929 pre-occupied [details]
original description (of Charaxicephalinae Price, 1931) Price, E. W. (1931). Redescription of two species of trematode worms from the MacCallum collection with a note on the family Pronocephalidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 78 (xxii): 1–10.
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Neopronocephalinae Mehra, 1932) Mehra, H. R. (1932). Nouveaux monostomes de la famille des Pronocephalidae des tortues d'eau douce de l'Inde. Classification de cette famille. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 10 (3): 225–247.
page(s): 245 [details]
original description (of Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929) Fukui, T. (1929). Studies on Japanese Amphistomatous parasites, with revision of the group. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2, 219-351.
page(s): 339 [details]
taxonomy source Pérez Ponce de León, G.; Brooks, D. R. (1995). Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genera of the Pronocephalidae Looss, 1902 (Digenea: Paramphistomiformes). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 81 (2): 267-277.
page(s): 267 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Blair, D. (2005). Family Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2.</em> Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp. 361–380.
page(s): 361 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1955). Suborder Pronocephalata Skrjabin, 1955. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10, 5–210. (In Russian).
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 665 [details]

original description (of Metacetabulidae Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938) Teixeira de Freitas, J. F.; Lent, H. (1938). Sobre alguns trematodeos parasitos de Chelone mydas (L.), principalmente Paramphistomoidea. <em>Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.</em> 33: 79–87.
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Neopronocephalidae Mehra, 1932) Mehra, H. R. (1932). Nouveaux monostomes de la famille des Pronocephalidae des tortues d'eau douce de l'Inde. Classification de cette famille. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 10 (3): 225–247.
page(s): 245; note: as subfamily [details]
original description (of Teloporidae Fukui, 1933) Fukui, T. (1933). Teloporia (Tremat.) = Opisthoporus. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 103 (11-12): 332–333.
page(s): 332; note: for Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929 pre-occupied [details]
original description (of Charaxicephalinae Price, 1931) Price, E. W. (1931). Redescription of two species of trematode worms from the MacCallum collection with a note on the family Pronocephalidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 78 (xxii): 1–10.
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Neopronocephalinae Mehra, 1932) Mehra, H. R. (1932). Nouveaux monostomes de la famille des Pronocephalidae des tortues d'eau douce de l'Inde. Classification de cette famille. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 10 (3): 225–247.
page(s): 245 [details]
original description (of Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929) Fukui, T. (1929). Studies on Japanese Amphistomatous parasites, with revision of the group. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2, 219-351.
page(s): 339 [details]
taxonomy source Pérez Ponce de León, G.; Brooks, D. R. (1995). Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genera of the Pronocephalidae Looss, 1902 (Digenea: Paramphistomiformes). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 81 (2): 267-277.
page(s): 267 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Blair, D. (2005). Family Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2.</em> Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp. 361–380.
page(s): 361 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1955). Suborder Pronocephalata Skrjabin, 1955. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10, 5–210. (In Russian).
page(s): 7 [details]