Leucochloridium
Leucochloridium paradoxum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Diplostomida
Suborder: Diplostomata
Superfamily: Brachylaimoidea
Family: Leucochloridiidae
Poche, 1907[1]
Genus: Leucochloridium
Carus, 1835
Species

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Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic trematode worms in the order Diplostomida. It Is the sole genus in the family Leucochloridiidae.[2] Members of this genus cause pulsating swellings in the eye-stalks of snails (a phenomenon colloquially called a zombie snail), so as to attract the attention of predatory birds required in the parasites' lifecycle.

Taxonomy

Species

Species in the genus Leucochloridium include:

  • Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800) now in genus Urogonimus[3]
  • Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948 is a junior synonym of L. variae[4]
  • L. fuscum Rietschel, 1970 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum[5]
  • Leucochloridium heckerti Kagan, 1951 is a junior synonym of L. paradoxum[6]
  • Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
  • Leucochloridium macrostomum (Rudolphi, 1803) is now in the genus Urogonimus, but the name was widely misapplied to L. paradoxum[3]
  • Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
  • Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmańska, 1969 sometimes considered a synonym of L. variae[4][7]
  • Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
  • Leucochloridium sime Yamaguti, 1935 is likely a synonym of L. perturbatum.[7]
  • L. subtilis Pojmańska, 1969 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum[5]
  • Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932
  • Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881

See also

References

  1. ↑ Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Trematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 31, 124–126.
  2. ↑ Carus, C. G. (1835). Beobachtung über einen merkwürdigen schöngefärbten Eingeweidewurm, Leucochloridium paradoxum mihi, und dessen parasitische Erzeugung in einer Landschnecke, Succinea amphibia Drap. Helix putris Linn. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 17(7), 85–100.
  3. 1 2 Kagan, I.G. (1952). "Revision of the Subfamily Leucochloridiinae Poche, 1907 (Trematoda: Brachylaemidae)". American Midland Naturalist. 48 (2): 257–301. doi:10.2307/2422256. JSTOR 2422256.
  4. 1 2 Bakke, T.A. (1982). "The Morphology and Taxonomy of Leucochloridium (L.) variae Mclntosh (Digenea, Leucochloridiidae) from the Nearctic as Revealed by Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy". Zoologica Scripta. 11 (2): 87–100. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00521.x. S2CID 84501594.
  5. 1 2 Bakke, T.A. (1978). "Intraspecific variation of adult Leucochloridium sp. (Digenea) from natural and experimental infections". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 56 (1): 94–102. doi:10.1139/z78-013.
  6. ↑ Bakke, T. A. (April 1980). "A revision of the family Leucochloridiidae Poche (Digenea) and studies on the morphology of Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835". Systematic Parasitology. 1 (3–4): 189–202. doi:10.1007/BF00009845.
  7. 1 2 Nakao, M.; Sasaki, M.; Waki, T.; Iwaki, T.; Morii, Y.; Yanagida, K.; Watanabe, M.; Tsuchitani, Y.; Saito, T.; Asakawa, M. (2019). "Distribution records of three species of Leucochloridium (Trematoda: Leucochloridiidae) in Japan, with comments on their microtaxonomy and ecology". Parasitology International. 72: 101936. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2019.101936.


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