Turbellarians taxon details
Cleistogamia Faust, 1924
479438 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479438)
accepted
Genus
Cleistogamia holothuriana Faust, 1924 (type by monotypy)
Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937 · unaccepted
- Species Cleistogamia heronensis Cannon, 1982
- Species Cleistogamia holothuriana Faust, 1924
- Species Cleistogamia longicirrus Cannon, 1982
- Species Cleistogamia loutfia (Khalil-Bey & Azim, 1937) Khalil-Bey, 1938
- Species Cleistogamia pallii Cannon, 1982
- Species Cleistogamia pulchra Cannon, 1982
- Species Cleistogamia pyriformis Cannon, 1982
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Faust, E. C. (1924). Abstract on Cleistogamia holothuriana. <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 11: 121. [details] Available for editors 
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2024). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Cleistogamia Faust, 1924. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479438 on 2026-07-17
original description
Faust, E. C. (1924). Abstract on Cleistogamia holothuriana. <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 11: 121. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937) Khalil-Bey, M.; Azim, A. (1937). On Loutfia loutfia gen. nov., a sp. of the new family Cleistogamidae, endoparasites of holothuria from the Red Sea, Egypt. In: Papers on Helminthology 289-291,. All Union Lenin Acad. of Agricultural Sci., Moscow, Skrjabin Jubille Vol., Moscow, 1937: 289-291 [details]
taxonomy source (of Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937) Stunkard, H.W.; Corliss, J.O. (1951). New species of Syndesmis and a revision of the family Umagillidae Wahl 1910 (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela). <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 101: 319-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1538550 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937) Khalil-Bey, B. M. (1938). Cleistogamia loutfia (Khalil & Azim); a redescription. <em>Journal of the Egyptian Medical Association.</em> 21: 285-287. [details]
original description (of Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937) Khalil-Bey, M.; Azim, A. (1937). On Loutfia loutfia gen. nov., a sp. of the new family Cleistogamidae, endoparasites of holothuria from the Red Sea, Egypt. In: Papers on Helminthology 289-291,. All Union Lenin Acad. of Agricultural Sci., Moscow, Skrjabin Jubille Vol., Moscow, 1937: 289-291 [details]
taxonomy source (of Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937) Stunkard, H.W.; Corliss, J.O. (1951). New species of Syndesmis and a revision of the family Umagillidae Wahl 1910 (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela). <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 101: 319-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1538550 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy (of Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937) Khalil-Bey, B. M. (1938). Cleistogamia loutfia (Khalil & Azim); a redescription. <em>Journal of the Egyptian Medical Association.</em> 21: 285-287. [details]
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937)
To ITIS
To the Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
(from synonym Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937)To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon