Marine Species Traits - Lecithochirium muraenae Manter, 1940

Traits taxon details

Lecithochirium muraenae Manter, 1940

AphiaID

726879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:726879)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901

Original name

Lecithochirium muraenae Manter, 1940

Environment

marine

Original description

Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 2, 325-497.
page(s): 429 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Lecithochirium muraenae Manter, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=726879 on 2026-09-29

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Lecithochirium muraenae Manter, 1940. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=726879 on 2026-09-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-04-16 09:58:56Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2013-09-26 09:24:08Z

checked

Gibson, David

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original description Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 2, 325-497.
page(s): 429 [details] Available for editors

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.]. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kohn, A.; Fernandes, B.M.M.; Cohen, S.C. (2007). South American trematode parasites of fishes. CNPq, FIOCRUZ. 318 pp. [details]

additional source Pearse, A. S. (1949). Observations on flatworms and Nemerteans collected at Beaufort, N.C. Proc US Nat Mus, 100:25-38
page(s): 34; note: illustrated, Fig. 8e [details]

redescription Pantoja, C.; Kudlai, O. (2022). Hemiurid Trematodes (Digenea: Hemiuridae) from Marine Fishes off the Coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Novel Molecular Data. Animals. 12(23): 3355., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233355
note: As Lecithochirium cf. muraenae Manter, 1940 [details]

redescription Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. Second part. Osnovy Trematodologii. 10: 337–649. (In Russian).
page(s): 425 [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records)