WoRMS taxon details
Gymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859)
1450426 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1450426)
accepted
Species
Cercaria cambrensis Cole, 1938 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cercaria margaritae Lebour, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Distoma margaritarum Dubois, 1901 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Distoma minutum Cobbold, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gymnophalloides oedemiae (Jameson & Nicoll, 1913) James, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gymnophallus cambrensis (Cole, 1938) Yamaguti, 1971 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Gymnophallus margaritarum (Dubois, 1901) Dubois, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meiogymnophallus oidemiae (Jameson & Nicoll, 1913) Ching, 1965 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Parvatrema minutum (Cobbold, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Distoma minutum Cobbold, 1859) Cobbold, T. S. (1859). On some new forms of entozoa. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 22 (4): 363–366., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1856.tb00105.x
page(s): 364 [details]
page(s): 364 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Gymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1450426 on 2026-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Distoma minutum Cobbold, 1859) Cobbold, T. S. (1859). On some new forms of entozoa. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 22 (4): 363–366., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1856.tb00105.x
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Cercaria cambrensis Cole, 1938) Cole, H. A. (1938). On some larval trematode parasites of the mussel (Mytilus edulis) and the cockle (Cardium edule). Part II. A new larval Gymnophallus (Cercaria cambrensis) sp. nov. from the cockle (Cardium edule). <em>Parasitology.</em> 30 (1): 40–43., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000010805
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Distoma margaritarum Dubois, 1901) Dubois, R. (1901). Sur le mécanisme de la formation des perles fines dans le Mytïlus edulis. <em>Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris.</em> 133 (16): 603–605.
page(s): 603; note: nomen solum according to Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology [details]
original description (of Cercaria margaritae Lebour, 1911) Lebour, M. V. (1911). A review of the British marine cercariae. <em>Parasitology.</em> 4 (4): 416–456.
page(s): 426; note: sp. inq. [details]
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Cercaria cambrensis Cole, 1938) Cole, H. A. (1938). On some larval trematode parasites of the mussel (Mytilus edulis) and the cockle (Cardium edule). Part II. A new larval Gymnophallus (Cercaria cambrensis) sp. nov. from the cockle (Cardium edule). <em>Parasitology.</em> 30 (1): 40–43., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000010805
page(s): 40 [details]
original description (of Distoma margaritarum Dubois, 1901) Dubois, R. (1901). Sur le mécanisme de la formation des perles fines dans le Mytïlus edulis. <em>Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris.</em> 133 (16): 603–605.
page(s): 603; note: nomen solum according to Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology [details]
original description (of Cercaria margaritae Lebour, 1911) Lebour, M. V. (1911). A review of the British marine cercariae. <em>Parasitology.</em> 4 (4): 416–456.
page(s): 426; note: sp. inq. [details]
Other
additional source
Cremonte, F.; Gilardoni, C.; Pina, S.; Rodrigues, P.; Ituarte, C. (2015). Revision of the family Gymnophallidae Odhner, 1905 (Digenea) based on morphological and molecular data. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 64(2): 202-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2014.12.003
page(s): 205; note: first use of combination? [details] Available for editors
[request]
biology source Stout, L.; Daffe, G.; Chambouvet, A.; Correia, S.; Culloty, S.; Freitas, R.; Iglesias, D.; Jensen, K. T.; Joaquim, S.; Lynch, S.; Magalhães, L.; Mahony, K.; Malham, S. K.; Matias, D.; Rocroy, M.; Thieltges, D. W.; De Montaudouin, X. (2024). Morphological vs. molecular identification of trematode species infecting the edible cockle Cerastoderma edule across Europe. <em>International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife.</em> 25: 101019., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.101019
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 205; note: first use of combination? [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Stout, L.; Daffe, G.; Chambouvet, A.; Correia, S.; Culloty, S.; Freitas, R.; Iglesias, D.; Jensen, K. T.; Joaquim, S.; Lynch, S.; Magalhães, L.; Mahony, K.; Malham, S. K.; Matias, D.; Rocroy, M.; Thieltges, D. W.; De Montaudouin, X. (2024). Morphological vs. molecular identification of trematode species infecting the edible cockle Cerastoderma edule across Europe. <em>International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife.</em> 25: 101019., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.101019
page(s): 10 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gymnophallus margaritarum (Dubois, 1901) Dubois, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meiogymnophallus minutus) (from synonym Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Parvatrema minutum (Cobbold, 1859))
To PESI (from synonym Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967)
To PESI (from synonym Parvatrema minutum (Cobbold, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gymnophallus margaritarum (Dubois, 1901) Dubois, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meiogymnophallus minutus) (from synonym Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Parvatrema minutum (Cobbold, 1859))
To PESI (from synonym Meiogymnophallus minutus (Cobbold, 1859) Bowers & James, 1967)
To PESI (from synonym Parvatrema minutum (Cobbold, 1859))
