WoRMS taxon details
Udonella caligorum Johnston, 1835
119632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119632)
accepted
Species
Lintonia papillosa (Linton, 1898) Monticelli, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nitzschia papillosa Linton, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Udonella socialis Linton, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish
Not documented
Distribution distributed along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America as well as off the coasts of Europe,...
Distribution distributed along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America as well as off the coasts of Europe, Australia and New Zealand [details]
WoRMS (2026). Udonella caligorum Johnston, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119632 on 2026-03-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Udonella socialis Linton, 1910) Linton, E. (1910). Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. II. Trematodes. <em>Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington.</em> 4: 11–98.
page(s): 82 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 82 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Yamaguti, S. (1958). STUDIES ON THE HELMINTH FAUNA OF JAPAN PART 53. TREMATODES OF FISHES, XII. <em>Publ. Seto Mar. Bioi. Lab.</em> VII, 53-88, pl. II & IV., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174599 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hendrix, S.S. (1994). Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States. Platyhelminthes: Monogenea. <em>U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington. Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Technical Report.</em> No. NOAA-TR-NMFS-121: 107 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). (1984). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part 1. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 74:1-209. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
additional source Cohen, S.C.; Justo, M.C.N.; Kohn, A. (2013). South American Monogenoidea parasites of fishes, amphibians and reptiles. <em>FioCruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 662 pp. [details]
additional source Beverley-Burton, M. (1984). Monogenea and Turbellaria. In: Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada, Part 1. (Edited by L. Margolis & Z. Kabata). <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa.</em> 209 pp. [details]
additional source Kohn, A.; Cohen, S. C.; Salgado-Maldinado, G. (2006). Checklist of Monogenea parasites of freshwater and marine fishes, amphibians and reptiles from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1289: 1–114., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1289.1.1 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Hendrix, S.S. (1994). Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States. Platyhelminthes: Monogenea. <em>U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington. Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Technical Report.</em> No. NOAA-TR-NMFS-121: 107 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). (1984). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part 1. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 74:1-209. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
additional source Cohen, S.C.; Justo, M.C.N.; Kohn, A. (2013). South American Monogenoidea parasites of fishes, amphibians and reptiles. <em>FioCruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 662 pp. [details]
additional source Beverley-Burton, M. (1984). Monogenea and Turbellaria. In: Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada, Part 1. (Edited by L. Margolis & Z. Kabata). <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa.</em> 209 pp. [details]
additional source Kohn, A.; Cohen, S. C.; Salgado-Maldinado, G. (2006). Checklist of Monogenea parasites of freshwater and marine fishes, amphibians and reptiles from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1289: 1–114., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1289.1.1 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution distributed along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North and South America as well as off the coasts of Europe, Australia and New Zealand [details]Habitat Invertebrate ectoparasite; hyperparasite on copepods such as Caligus sp. (which is a fish gill parasite) [details]
Reproduction hermaphroditic [details]
