WoRMS taxon details
Megalophallus Cable, Connor & Balling, 1960
108587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108587)
accepted
Genus
Megalophallus pentadactylus Cable, Connor & Baling, 1960 (type by original designation)
Pseudomegalophallus Yamaguti, 1971 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Megalophallus carcini Prévot & Deblock, 1970
- Species Megalophallus pentadactylus Cable, Connor & Baling, 1960
- Species Megalophallus reamesi Overstreet & Heard, 1995
- Species Megalophallus diodontis Siddiqi & Cable, 1960 accepted as Microphallus diodontis (Siddiqi & Cable, 1960) Deblock & Pearson, 1969 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, terrestrial
Cable, R. M.; Connor, R. S.; Balling, J. W. (1960). Digenetic trematodes of Puerto Rican shore birds. <em>Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands.</em> 17 (2): 187–255.
page(s): 229 [details]
page(s): 229 [details]
WoRMS (2025). Megalophallus Cable, Connor & Balling, 1960. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108587 on 2025-04-20
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Cable, R. M.; Connor, R. S.; Balling, J. W. (1960). Digenetic trematodes of Puerto Rican shore birds. <em>Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands.</em> 17 (2): 187–255.
page(s): 229 [details]
original description (of Pseudomegalophallus Yamaguti, 1971) Yamaguti, S. (1971). Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. 2 Vols. <em>Keigaku Publishing Co., Tokyo.</em> pp. 1-1074.
page(s): 204 [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]
page(s): 229 [details]
original description (of Pseudomegalophallus Yamaguti, 1971) Yamaguti, S. (1971). Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. 2 Vols. <em>Keigaku Publishing Co., Tokyo.</em> pp. 1-1074.
page(s): 204 [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
identification resource
Belopolskaja, M. M. (1963). Family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 21: 259–502 (In Russian).
page(s): 374 [details]
page(s): 374 [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]