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Mesorchis Dietz, 1909

108486  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108486)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Trematoda (Class)
  7. Digenea (Subclass)
  8. Plagiorchiida (Order)
  9. Echinostomata (Suborder)
  10. Echinostomatoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Echinochasmidae (Family)
  12. Mesorchis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Aequistoma Beaver, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Beaverostomum Gupta, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudechinostomum Shchupakov, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Pre-occupied)

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  1. Species Mesorchis conciliatus Dietz, 1909
  2. Species Mesorchis denticulatus (Rudolphi, 1802) Dietz, 1909
  3. Species Mesorchis dogieli (Holcman-Spector & Olagüe, 1989) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  4. Species Mesorchis microtestius Kurova, 1927
  5. Species Mesorchis nigerica (Gupta, 1963) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  6. Species Mesorchis paradenticulatus (Nasir & Rodriguez, 1969) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  7. Species Mesorchis pendulus (Looss, 1899) Dietz, 1909
  8. Species Mesorchis pseudoechinatus (Olsson, 1876) Dietz, 1909
  9. Species Mesorchis tringae Wang, 1976
  10. Species Mesorchis uruguayensis (Holcman-Spector & Olagüe, 1989) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  11. Species Mesorchis advena (Shchupakov, 1936) Kurochkin, 1959 accepted as Stephanoprora advena (Shchupakov, 1936) Eslami & KIani, 2009 (Superseded combination)
  12. Species Mesorchis bitamarae Krasnolobova & Sergeeva, 1964 accepted as Bashkirovitrema skrjabini Krasnolobova & Sergeeva, 1964 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  13. Species Mesorchis kasachi Baschkirova, 1941 accepted as Stephanoprora kasachi (Baschkirova, 1941) Yamaguti, 1958 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Mesorchis mergi (Cannon, 1939) Skrjabin & Baschkirova, 1956 accepted as Echinochasmus mergi (Cannon, 1939) Odening, 1963 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Mesorchis reynoldi (Bhalerao, 1926) Skrjabin & Baschkirova, 1956 accepted as Stephanoprora polycestus (Dietz, 1909) Beaver, 1937 accepted as Mesorchis polycestus Dietz, 1909 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Dietz, E. (1909). Die Echinostomiden der Vogel. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 34: 180–192. [details] 
WoRMS (2025). Mesorchis Dietz, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108486 on 2025-09-11
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Gibson, David
2016-01-24 14:42:21Z
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Nomenclature

original description Dietz, E. (1909). Die Echinostomiden der Vogel. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 34: 180–192. [details] 

original description (of Aequistoma Beaver, 1942) Beaver, P. C. (1942). Aequistoma, nom. nov. for Pseudechinostomum Shchupakov, 1936, preoccupied by Pseudechinostomum Odhner, 1911. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9: 31.
page(s): 31 [details] 

original description (of Pseudechinostomum Shchupakov, 1936) Shchupakov, I. G. (1936). Parasitic fauna of the Caspian seal. <em>Uchen. Zapiski Leningrad. Gosudarstv. Univ. Bubnov.</em> (7), s. Biol. (3): 134–143. (In Russian).
page(s): 137 [details] 

original description (of Beaverostomum Gupta, 1963) Gupta, R. (1963). On Stephanoprora nigerica sp. nov., with a brief review of the genus Stephanoprora Odhner1902 (Trematoda : Echinostomatidae). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 170: 117–130.
note: nom, nov. pro Stephanoprora polycestus (Dietz, 1909) Odhner, 1911 of Beaver (1936) [details] 

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <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. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Dietz, E. (1910). Die Echinostomiden der Vögel. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> Suppl. 12, 3: 265–512.
page(s): 450 [details] 

taxonomy source Cajiao-Mora, K.; Dutton, H.; Jacobs, F.; Beytell, P.; Netherlands, E.; DuPreez, L.; Bullard, S. (2025). Supplemental description of <i>Stephanoprora ornata</i> Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Echinochasmidae) infecting the Nile crocodile, <i>Crocodylus niloticus</i> (Crocodylidae) from Namibia with emendation of <i>Mesorchis</i> Dietz, 1909 and a phylogenetic analysis. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25000100 [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Baschkirova, E. J. (1947). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 1: 310–391. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 370 [details] 

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I.; Baschkirova, E. Y. (1956). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 12: 50–930.
page(s): 701 [details] 

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