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Lecithocladium Lühe, 1901

108759 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108759)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Trematoda (Class)
  7. Digenea (Subclass)
  8. Plagiorchiida (Order)
  9. Hemiurata (Suborder)
  10. Hemiuroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Hemiuridae (Family)
  12. Elytrophallinae (Subfamily)
  13. Lecithocladium (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Distoma excisum Rudolphi, 1819 accepted as Lecithocladium excisum (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1901 (type by original designation)
Elytrophallinae Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955
Cleftocolleta Sahai & Srivastava, 1978 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Colletostomum Sahai & Srivastava, 1978 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Magnapharyngium Bilqees, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Lecithocladium aegyptense Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963
  2. Species Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953
  3. Species Lecithocladium annulatum Chauhan, 1945
  4. Species Lecithocladium apolecti Velasquez, 1962
  5. Species Lecithocladium arii Bilqees, Khatoon, Shabbir, Shaukat, Muti-ur-Rehman & Khan, 2005
  6. Species Lecithocladium bengalense Ahmad, 1981
  7. Species Lecithocladium bengalense Saxena & Prakash, 2006 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Pre-occupied by Lecithocladium bengalense Ahmad, 1981)
  8. Species Lecithocladium caranxi Gupta & Govind, 1985
  9. Species Lecithocladium chingi Manter & Pritchard, 1960
  10. Species Lecithocladium cristatum (Rudolphi, 1819) Looss, 1907
  11. Species Lecithocladium cybii Shaukat & Bilqees, 2011
  12. Species Lecithocladium dongshanense Shen, 1985
  13. Species Lecithocladium excisiforme Cohn, 1902
  14. Species Lecithocladium excisum (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1901
  15. Species Lecithocladium falklandicum Gaevskaya & Kovaleva, 1978
  16. Species Lecithocladium gazzai Gupta & Jain, 1992
  17. Species Lecithocladium glandulum Chauhan, 1945
  18. Species Lecithocladium gulosum (Linton, 1901) Looss, 1908
  19. Species Lecithocladium guptai Gupta & Govind, 1985
  20. Species Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1942
  21. Species Lecithocladium invasor Chambers, Carlisle, Dove & Cribb, 2001
  22. Species Lecithocladium jagannathi Ahmad, 1981
  23. Species Lecithocladium karachiensis Shaukat & Bilqees, 2010
  24. Species Lecithocladium karachii Zaidi & Khan, 1977
  25. Species Lecithocladium lateropharyngium Shaukat, Bilqees, Haseeb & Matiur-Rehman, 2008
  26. Species Lecithocladium leiognathi Wang, 1989
  27. Species Lecithocladium lutiani Gu & Shen, 1978
  28. Species Lecithocladium magnacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934
  29. Species Lecithocladium magnasoma Shaukat & Bilqees, 2007
  30. Species Lecithocladium mecoderum Fischthal & Thomas, 1971
  31. Species Lecithocladium megalaspis Yamaguti, 1953
  32. Species Lecithocladium miichthydis Wang, 1982
  33. Species Lecithocladium moretonense Bray & Cribb, 2004
  34. Species Lecithocladium olivacae Bilqees, Khatoon, Khan & Mutiur-Rehman, 2006
  35. Species Lecithocladium pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1934
  36. Species Lecithocladium parapristipomatis Liu, 1997
  37. Species Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953
  38. Species Lecithocladium psenopsis Yamaguti, 1934
  39. Species Lecithocladium puriense Ahmad, 1981
  40. Species Lecithocladium putianense Wang, 1982
  41. Species Lecithocladium saurida Gupta & Govind, 1981
  42. Species Lecithocladium seriolellae Manter, 1954
  43. Species Lecithocladium simhai Pandey & Govind, 2007
  44. Species Lecithocladium striatum (Malhotra, Nanda, Mukherjee, Ghosh, Sukul & Capoor, 1989) Madhavi & Bray, 2018
  45. Species Lecithocladium thynense Bilqees & Nighat, 1985
  46. Species Lecithocladium triacanthi Gupta & Gupta, 1978
  47. Species Lecithocladium unibulbolabrum Fischthal & Thomas, 1971
  48. Species Lecithocladium xishaense Shen, 1985
  49. Species Lecithocladium seriolellae Gupta & Gupta, 1987 accepted as Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  50. Species Lecithocladium sexfasciatum Gupta & Mehrotra, 1970 (uncertain)
  51. Species Lecithocladium sulphuriusi Gupta & Govind, 1985 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  52. Species Lecithocladium aegyptensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963 accepted as Lecithocladium aegyptense Fischthal & Kuntz, 1963 (malformed suffix)
  53. Species Lecithocladium ansavesicularis Korotaeva, 1969 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  54. Species Lecithocladium anteporus (Bilqees, 1971) Bilqees, Khatoon, Shabbir, Shaukat, Muti-ur-Rehman & Khan, 2005 accepted as Lecithocladium apolecti Velasquez, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  55. Species Lecithocladium arabianum (Bilqees, 1971) Bilqees, Khatoon, Shabbir, Shaukat, Muti-ur-Rehman & Khan, 2005 accepted as Lecithocladium apolecti Velasquez, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  56. Species Lecithocladium arabicum Farooq & Khanum, 1980 accepted as Lecithocladium megalaspis Yamaguti, 1953 (synonym)
  57. Species Lecithocladium barbatum Cohn, 1902 accepted as Dinurus barbatus (Cohn, 1902) Looss, 1907 (Superseded combination)
  58. Species Lecithocladium bengalensis Ahmad, 1981 accepted as Lecithocladium bengalense Ahmad, 1981 (malformed suffix)
  59. Species Lecithocladium bengalensis Saxena & Prakash, 2006 accepted as Lecithocladium bengalense Saxena & Prakash, 2006 (malformed suffix)
  60. Species Lecithocladium brevicaudum Srivastava, 1942 accepted as Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1942 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, probable synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1981)
  61. Species Lecithocladium bulbolabrum Reid, Coil & Kuntz, 1966 accepted as Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray, 1990)
  62. Species Lecithocladium carultum Chauhan, 1945 accepted as Lecithocladium glandulum Chauhan, 1945 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, probable synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1981)
  63. Species Lecithocladium chaetodipteri Amato, 1983 accepted as Lecithocladium excisum (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  64. Species Lecithocladium chauhani Hafeezullah, 1975 accepted as Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1942 (probable synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1981)
  65. Species Lecithocladium crenatum (Molin, 1859) Looss, 1907 accepted as Lecithocladium excisum (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Species Lecithocladium cybiumi Gupta & Jain, 1992 accepted as Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  67. Species Lecithocladium daccai Bashirullah & D'Silva in Bashirullah, 1973 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  68. Species Lecithocladium dawesi Bashirullah & D'Silva, 1973 accepted as Lecithocladium megalaspis Yamaguti, 1953 (synonym)
  69. Species Lecithocladium dongshanensis Shen, 1985 accepted as Lecithocladium dongshanense Shen, 1985 (unavailable name, incorrect suffix)
  70. Species Lecithocladium elongatum Gupta & Puri, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (Synonymy according to Gibson & Bray, 1986)
  71. Species Lecithocladium elongatus Gupta & Puri, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium elongatum Gupta & Puri, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  72. Species Lecithocladium fotedari Gupta & Singh, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (possible synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1986)
  73. Species Lecithocladium hanumanthai Gupta & Jain, 1992 accepted as Lecithocladium megalaspis Yamaguti, 1953 (synonym according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  74. Species Lecithocladium havanensis (Vigueras, 1958) Gibson & Bray, 1986 accepted as Lecithochirium havanense (Vigueras, 1958) Gibson & Bray, 1986 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  75. Species Lecithocladium hexavitellarii (Bilqees, 1971) Bilqees, Khatoon, Shabbir, Shaukat, Muti-ur-Rehman & Khan, 2005 accepted as Lecithocladium apolecti Velasquez, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  76. Species Lecithocladium ilishae Bashirullah & D'Silva in Bashirullah, 1973 accepted as Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1942 (junior homonym; listed as synonym by Gibson & Bray (1986))
  77. Species Lecithocladium ilishae Mamaev, 1970 accepted as Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1942 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Gibson & Bray (1986))
  78. Species Lecithocladium indicum Gupta & Gupta, 1978 accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  79. Species Lecithocladium inglisi Gupta & Ahmad, 1977 accepted as Lecithocladium megalaspis Yamaguti, 1953 (synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1986; Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  80. Species Lecithocladium johnii Yamaguti, 1938 accepted as Elytrophallus johnii (Yamaguti, 1938) Liu, Peng, Gao, Fu, Wu, Lu, Gao & Xiao, 2010 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  81. Species Lecithocladium keralense Gupta & Gupta, 1978 accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (possible synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1986)
  82. Species Lecithocladium longicaudum Tseng, 1935 accepted as Stomachicola muraenesocis Yamaguti, 1934 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  83. Species Lecithocladium magnavesicula Shaukat, 2008 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Erected in an unpublished thesis.)
  84. Species Lecithocladium magnum (Sahai & Srivastava, 1978) accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (synonym according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  85. Species Lecithocladium manteri Gupta & Puri, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray, 1990)
  86. Species Lecithocladium microcaudum (Bilqees, 1971) Bilqees, Khatoon, Shabbir, Shaukat, Muti-ur-Rehman & Khan, 2005 accepted as Lecithocladium apolecti Velasquez, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  87. Species Lecithocladium microductus (Bilqees, 1971) Bilqees, Khatoon, Shabbir, Shaukat, Muti-ur-Rehman & Khan, 2005 accepted as Lecithocladium apolecti Velasquez, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  88. Species Lecithocladium microlepidotusi Gupta & Govind, 1985 accepted as Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray, 1990)
  89. Species Lecithocladium muthiahi (Sahai & Srivastava, 1978) accepted as Lecithocladium harpodontis Srivastava, 1942 (Synonym)
  90. Species Lecithocladium neopacificum (Velasquez, 1962) Velasquez, 1974 accepted as Erilepturus hamati (Yamaguti, 1934) Manter, 1947 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  91. Species Lecithocladium octovitellarii (Bilqees, 1971) Bilqees, Khatoon, Shabbir, Shaukat, Muti-ur-Rehman & Khan, 2005 accepted as Lecithocladium apolecti Velasquez, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  92. Species Lecithocladium pakistanense Zaidi & Khan, 1977 accepted as Lecithocladium karachii Zaidi & Khan, 1977 (synonym)
  93. Species Lecithocladium pampi Lebedev, 1968 accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (possible synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1986)
  94. Species Lecithocladium piscicola (Srivastava, 1935) Manter & Pritchard, 1960 accepted as Ectenurus piscicola (Srivastava, 1935) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  95. Species Lecithocladium psettodi Gupta & Puri, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium glandulum Chauhan, 1945 (possible synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1981)
  96. Species Lecithocladium purense Gupta & Gupta, 1978 accepted as Lecithocladium megalaspis Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Gibson & Bray, 1986; Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  97. Species Lecithocladium puriensis Ahmad, 1981 accepted as Lecithocladium puriense Ahmad, 1981 (malformed suffix)
  98. Species Lecithocladium putianensis Wang, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium putianense Wang, 1982 (malformed suffix)
  99. Species Lecithocladium sciani Gupta & Puri, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (possible synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1986)
  100. Species Lecithocladium scombri Yamaguti, 1953 accepted as Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  101. Species Lecithocladium siddiquii Gupta & Gupta, 1987 accepted as Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray, 1990)
  102. Species Lecithocladium singhi Gupta & Singh, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium megalaspis Yamaguti, 1953 (synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1986; Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  103. Species Lecithocladium speigleri Chauhan, 1945 in Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, lapsus)
  104. Species Lecithocladium srivastavai Gupta & Puri, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (possible synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1986)
  105. Species Lecithocladium stromatei Farooq & Khanum, 1980 accepted as Lecithocladium apolecti Velasquez, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray & Cribb, 2004)
  106. Species Lecithocladium stromateusi Gupta & Puri, 1982 accepted as Lecithocladium parviovum Yamaguti, 1953 (possible synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1986)
  107. Species Lecithocladium tetravitellarii (Bilqees, 1971) Bilqees, Khatoon, Shabbir, Shaukat, Muti-ur-Rehman & Khan, 2005 accepted as Lecithocladium apolecti Velasquez, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  108. Species Lecithocladium tewarii Gupta & Gupta, 1987 accepted as Lecithocladium angustiovum Yamaguti, 1953 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Bray, 1990)
  109. Species Lecithocladium thapari Gupta & Gupta, 1978 accepted as Lecithocladium glandulum Chauhan, 1945 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, probable synonym according to Gibson & Bray, 1986)
  110. Species Lecithocladium thynensis Bilqees & Nighat, 1985 accepted as Lecithocladium thynense Bilqees & Nighat, 1985 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, brackish, fresh
neuter
Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 401 [details] 
WoRMS (2026). Lecithocladium Lühe, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108759 on 2026-07-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, David
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
2013-03-07 13:40:39Z
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Gibson, David
2013-09-26 09:24:08Z
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Gibson, David
2019-11-21 08:53:43Z
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Bray, Rod
2024-10-23 19:30:12Z
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Gibson, David

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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): 401 [details] 

original description (of Bengalotrema Malhotra, Nanda, Mukherjee, Ghosh, Sukul & Capoor, 1989) Malhotra, S.K., Nanda, S., Mukherjee, M., Ghosh, K., Sukul, N.C., Capoor, V.N. (1989). Bengalotrema striatum gen. et sp. n. (Trematoda Hemiuroidea) Hilsa ilisha of West Bengal with a revised key to families of superfamily Hemiuroidea (Faust, 1929) emend. Yamaguti (1970). <em>Indian Journal of Helminthology.</em> 40 (2, 1988): 135-140.
page(s): 139 [details] 

original description (of Cleftocolleta Sahai & Srivastava, 1978) Sahai, D., Srivastava, H. D. (1978). Trematodes of Indian fishes. Part - 3. Five new genera of hemiurids and two new species of Uterovesiculurus Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1954 (subfamily - Dinurniae Looss, 1907). <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Section B, Biological Sciences.</em> 48(1): 17-32.
page(s): 27 [details] 

original description (of Colletostomum Sahai & Srivastava, 1978) Sahai, D., Srivastava, H. D. (1978). Trematodes of Indian fishes. Part - 3. Five new genera of hemiurids and two new species of Uterovesiculurus Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1954 (subfamily - Dinurniae Looss, 1907). <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Section B, Biological Sciences.</em> 48(1): 17-32.
page(s): 25 [details] 

original description (of Magnapharyngium Bilqees, 1971) Bilqees, F. M. (1971). <em>Marine fish trematodes of West Pakistan II & III. Descriptions of four new genera and sixteen species (Hemiuridae), with notes on the histology, segmentation, asexual multiplication and regeneration of some of them.</em> Agricultural Research Council, Government of Pakistan, Karachi.: 1-55.
page(s): 40 [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 Reid, W. A., Coil, W. H., Kuntz, R. E. (1966). Hemiurid trematodes of Formosan marine fishes. I. Subfamilies Dinurinae and Stomachicolinae. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 52(1): 39-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3276387
page(s): 43 [details] 

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1954). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. First part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 9, 225–653. (In Russian).
page(s): 396 [details] 

identification resource Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 51 (2): 289–393.
page(s): 316 [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): 90 [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995472.0305
page(s): 323 [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). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. <em>Fauna Arctica.</em> 4: 289-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12102201
page(s): 356 [details] 

additional source Looss, A. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Distomenfamilie Hemiuridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 31, 585–620.
page(s): 597; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] 

additional source Fischthal, J. H., Kuntz, R. E. (1963). Trematode parasites of fishes from Egypt. Part III. Six new Hemiuridae. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 30 (1): 78-91.
page(s): 83; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] 

 
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