WoRMS taxon details
Heterobothrium Cerfontaine, 1895
518880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:518880)
accepted
Genus
Tagia Sproston, 1946 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Heterobothrium aljufailiae Ogawa & Itoh, 2022
- Species Heterobothrium bychowskyi Ogawa, 1991
- Species Heterobothrium ecuadori Meserve, 1938
- Species Heterobothrium elongatum Williams, 1986
- Species Heterobothrium gotoi Ogawa & Itoh, 2022
- Species Heterobothrium iwatai Ogawa & Itoh, 2022
- Species Heterobothrium lamothei Vidal-MartÃnez & Mendoza-Franco, 2008
- Species Heterobothrium matsubarai Ogawa & Itoh, 2022
- Species Heterobothrium okamotoi Ogawa, 1991
- Species Heterobothrium phamvanluci Kim, Nguyen, Truong, Dang, Vu, Chinh, Nguyen, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2025
- Species Heterobothrium praeorchis Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1976
- Species Heterobothrium shinagawai Ogawa, 1991
- Species Heterobothrium tabetai Ogawa & Itoh, 2022
- Species Heterobothrium tetrodonis (Goto, 1894) Cerfontaine, 1895
- Species Heterobothrium tonkinense Bychowsky, Mamaev & Nagibina, 1976
- Species Heterobothrium torquigeneri Williams, 1986
- Species Heterobothrium victorwepeneri Acosta & Smit, 2021
- Species Heterobothrium yamagutii Ogawa, 1991
- Species Heterobothrium affinis (Linton, 1898) Price, 1936 accepted as Choricotyle affine (Linton, 1898) Llewellyn, 1941 accepted as Dactylocotyle affinis (Linton, 1898) Brinkmann, 1942 accepted as Neoheterobothrium affine (Linton, 1898) Price, 1943 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heterobothrium exilis (Crane, 1972) Mamaev, 1987 accepted as Paraheterobothrium exile (Crane, 1972) Ogawa, Itoh & Oliva, 2021 (Superseded combination)
- Species Heterobothrium galapagense Meserve, 1938 accepted as Tagia galapagensis (Meserve, 1938) accepted as Hemitagia galapagensis (Meserve, 1938) Sproston, 1946 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heterobothrium galapagensis Meserve, 1938 accepted as Heterobothrium galapagense Meserve, 1938 accepted as Tagia galapagensis (Meserve, 1938) accepted as Hemitagia galapagensis (Meserve, 1938) Sproston, 1946 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Heterobothrium indicum Verma, 2021 accepted as Upenicola indicus (Verma, 2021) Mansour & Kritsky, 2026 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heterobothrium indicus Verma, 2021 accepted as Heterobothrium indicum Verma, 2021 accepted as Upenicola indicus (Verma, 2021) Mansour & Kritsky, 2026 (Malformed suffix)
- Species Heterobothrium lineatum Morsy, Saady, Abdel-Gaffar, Bashtar, Melhorn, Al Quraishy & Adel, 2012 accepted as Heterobothrium fluviatile Euzet & Birgi, 1975 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Heterobothrium lineatus Morsy, Saady, Abdel-Ghaffar, Bashtar, Mehlhorn, Al Quraishy & Adel, 2012 accepted as Heterobothrium lineatum Morsy, Saady, Abdel-Gaffar, Bashtar, Melhorn, Al Quraishy & Adel, 2012 accepted as Heterobothrium fluviatile Euzet & Birgi, 1975 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet, Malformed suffix)
- Species Heterobothrium minimum (MacCallum, 1916) Sproston, 1946 accepted as Heterocotyle minima (MacCallum, 1916) Price, 1938 (Superseded combination)
- Species Heterobothrium tonkinensis Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1976 accepted as Heterobothrium tonkinense Bychowsky, Mamaev & Nagibina, 1976 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, brackish, fresh
neuter
Not documented
WoRMS (2026). Heterobothrium Cerfontaine, 1895. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518880 on 2026-07-20
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Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kim, V. V.; Nguyen, H.-H. T.; Truong, V. T. T.; Dang, L. T.; Vu, M. D.; Chinh, N. N.; Nguyen, T. D.; Nguyen, Q. V.; Nguyen, H. M. (2025). A new species of Heterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) from half-smooth golden pufferfish Lagocephalus spadiceus in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, with an identification key for the genus. <em>Regional Studies in Marine Science.</em> 81: 104007., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.104007 [details]
taxonomy source Mansour, A.; Kritsky, D. (2026). Morphological and molecular analyses of the taxonomy and phylogenetic position of <i>Heterobothrium fluviatile</i> (Monogenoidea: Diclidophoridae), a parasite of the gill lamellae of the Nile puffer, <i>Tetraodon lineatus</i> (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) in Egypt. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x26101473 [details]
redescription Ogawa, K.; Itoh, N. (2022). Five new and two known species of Heterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) infecting puffers of the genus Takifugu from Japanese waters. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-022-10029-5 [details]
redescription Price, E. W. (1943). North American monogenetic trematodes: VI. The family Diclidophoridae (Diclidophoroidea). <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 33 (2), 44-54. [details]
taxonomy source Mansour, A.; Kritsky, D. (2026). Morphological and molecular analyses of the taxonomy and phylogenetic position of <i>Heterobothrium fluviatile</i> (Monogenoidea: Diclidophoridae), a parasite of the gill lamellae of the Nile puffer, <i>Tetraodon lineatus</i> (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) in Egypt. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x26101473 [details]
redescription Ogawa, K.; Itoh, N. (2022). Five new and two known species of Heterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) infecting puffers of the genus Takifugu from Japanese waters. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-022-10029-5 [details]
redescription Price, E. W. (1943). North American monogenetic trematodes: VI. The family Diclidophoridae (Diclidophoroidea). <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 33 (2), 44-54. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Kim, V. V.; Nguyen, H.-H. T.; Truong, V. T. T.; Dang, L. T.; Vu, M. D.; Chinh, N. N.; Nguyen, T. D.; Nguyen, Q. V.; Nguyen, H. M. (2025). A new species of Heterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) from half-smooth golden pufferfish Lagocephalus spadiceus in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, with an identification key for the genus. <em>Regional Studies in Marine Science.</em> 81: 104007., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.104007 [details]
