Traits taxon details
Microphallus Ward, 1901
108588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108588)
accepted
Genus
Distomum opacum Ward, 1894 accepted as Microphallus opacus (Ward, 1894) Ward, 1901 (type by original designation)
Carneophallus Cable & Kuns, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
Feminapocula Ke, Liang & Yu, 1987 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Microtrema Sitko, 2013 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paraheterophyes Afanasyev, 1941 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spelophallus Jägerskiöld, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spelotrema Jägerskiöld, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Microphallus abortivus Deblock, 1974
- Species Microphallus arenaria (Belopol'skaja & Uspenskaja, 1953) Biguet, Deblock & Capron, 1958
- Species Microphallus basodactylophallus (Bridgman, 1969) Deblock, 1971
- Species Microphallus bilobatus (Cable, Connor & Balling, 1960) Deblock, 1971
- Species Microphallus bittii Prevot, 1973
- Species Microphallus breviatus Deblock & Maillard, 1975
- Species Microphallus brevicaeca (Africa & Garcia, 1935) Baer, 1944
- Species Microphallus calidris Belopolskaja & Ryzhikov in Belopolskaja, 1963
- Species Microphallus caribbensis Deblock & Cable, 1966
- Species Microphallus claviformis (Brandes, 1889) Baer, 1944
- Species Microphallus crocidurae Baer, 1970
- Species Microphallus debuni Biguet, Deblock & Capron, 1958
- Species Microphallus diodontis (Siddiqi & Cable, 1960) Deblock & Pearson, 1969
- Species Microphallus enhydrae Rausch & Locker, 1951
- Species Microphallus fonti Overstreet, Heard & Lotz, 1992
- Species Microphallus forresteri Kinsella & Deblock, 1997
- Species Microphallus fusiformis Reimer, 1963
- Species Microphallus hoffmanni Rebecq, 1964
- Species Microphallus kenyensis Canaris, 1971
- Species Microphallus kinsellai Canaris & Deblock, 2000
- Species Microphallus koreanus Guk, Chai, Sohn, Kim, Sim & Seo, 2008
- Species Microphallus kurilensis Galaktionov, Regel & Atrashkevich, 2010
- Species Microphallus lactophrysi (Siddiqi & Cable, 1960) Belopolskaya, 1963
- Species Microphallus longicaecus Chen, 1956
- Species Microphallus longicollis (Yamaguti, 1939) Baer, 1944
- Species Microphallus macrorchis (Kifune & Takao, 1972)
- Species Microphallus minus Ochi, 1928
- Species Microphallus minutus Johnston, 1948
- Species Microphallus muellhaupti (Coil, 1956) Capron, Deblock & Biguet, 1958
- Species Microphallus nicolli (Cable & Hunninen, 1938) Baer, 1944
- Species Microphallus oblonga Ching, 1965
- Species Microphallus ochotensis Galaktionov & Blasco-Costa, 2018
- Species Microphallus ocultacetabulum (Oshmarin, 1963) Caballero y C. & Ibanez, 1970
- Species Microphallus opacus (Ward, 1894) Ward, 1901
- Species Microphallus orientalis Yurakhno, 1968
- Species Microphallus ovatus Osborn, 1919
- Species Microphallus oviformis (Oshmarin, 1963) Deblock, 1975
- Species Microphallus pachygrapsi Deblock & Prévot, 1968
- Species Microphallus papillornatus Deblock & Pearson, 1969
- Species Microphallus papillorobustus (Rankin, 1940) Baer, 1944
- Species Microphallus paragrapsi Smith, 1983
- Species Microphallus pearsoni Deblock & Canaris, 1997
- Species Microphallus piriformes Galaktionov, 1983
- Species Microphallus pirum (Lebour, 1907) Deblock, 1980
- Species Microphallus primas (Jägerskiöld, 1908) Stunkard, 1951
- Species Microphallus pseudopygmaeus Galaktionov, 1980
- Species Microphallus pygmaeus (Levinsen, 1881) Baer, 1944
- Species Microphallus quechuasensis Caballero y C. & Ibanez, 1970
- Species Microphallus sabanensis Díaz, Bashirullah & Hernández, 2004
- Species Microphallus scolectroma Deblock & Tran Van Ky, 1966
- Species Microphallus selector Kinsella & Deblock, 1997
- Species Microphallus similis (Jägerskiöld, 1900) Baer, 1944
- Species Microphallus simillimus (Travassos, 1921) Martorelli, 1991
- Species Microphallus skrjabini (Caballero y C., 1958) Belopolskaya, 1963
- Species Microphallus szidati Martorelli, 1986
- Species Microphallus tasmaniae Smith, 1974
- Species Microphallus tauricus Stenko, 1973
- Species Microphallus triangulatus Galaktionov, 1984
- Species Microphallus trilobatus (Cable & Kuns, 1951) Capron, Deblock & Biguet, 1958
- Species Microphallus turgidus (Leigh, 1958) Belopolskaya, 1963
- Species Microphallus vaginosus Deblock & Pearson, 1969
- Species Microphallus canchei Biguet, Deblock & Capron, 1958 accepted as Microphallus primas (Jägerskiöld, 1908) Stunkard, 1951 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Microphallus capellae (Yamaguti, 1939) Baer, 1944 accepted as Microphallus pygmaeus (Levinsen, 1881) Baer, 1944 (synonym)
- Species Microphallus chabaudi Capron, Deblock & Biguet, 1958 accepted as Microphallus papillorobustus (Rankin, 1940) Baer, 1944 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Microphallus comandorensis Deblock, 1980 accepted as Microphallus enhydrae Rausch & Locker, 1951 (Synonym)
- Species Microphallus excellens (Nicoll, 1907) Baer, 1944 accepted as Microphallus similis (Jägerskiöld, 1900) Baer, 1944 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Microphallus limuli Stunkard, 1951 accepted as Microphallus claviformis (Brandes, 1889) Baer, 1944 (Synonym)
- Species Microphallus magnagulletum Birmani, Dharejo, Khann Shaikh & Shah, 2015 (Publication not compliant with Article 8.5 (2012) of the ICZN re. e-publications)
- Species Microphallus medius Van Cleave & Mueller, 1932 accepted as Maritrema medium (Van Cleave & Mueller, 1932) Mueller, 1934 accepted as Quasimaritremopsis medius (Van Cleave & Mueller, 1932) Deblock, 1973 accepted as Quasimaritremopsis media (Van Cleave & Mueller, 1932) Deblock, 1973 (Superseded combination)
- Species Microphallus obstipus Van Cleave & Mueller, 1932 accepted as Maritrema (Atriospinosum) obstipum (Van Cleave & Mueller, 1932) Mueller, 1934 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Microphallus oedemia (Belopolskaja, 1952) Biguet, Deblock & Capron, 1958 accepted as Microphallus pygmaeus (Levinsen, 1881) Baer, 1944 (Synonym)
- Species Microphallus pirum (Afanasyev, 1941) Rausch, 1953 accepted as Microphallus comandorensis Deblock, 1980 accepted as Microphallus enhydrae Rausch & Locker, 1951 (unaccepted > junior homonym, pre-occupied)
- Species Microphallus progeneticus Sogandares-Bernal, 1962 accepted as Sogandaritrema progeneticum (Sogandares-Bernal, 1962) Deblock, 1971 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Microphallus pseudogonotylus (Chen, 1944) Biguet, Deblock & Capron, 1958 accepted as Microphallus papillorobustus (Rankin, 1940) Baer, 1944 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Microphallus somateriae (Kulachkova, 1958) Deblock & Rosé, 1964 accepted as Microphallus pirum (Lebour, 1907) Deblock, 1980 (synonym)
- Species Microphallus sp.NZ of O'Dwyer, Blasco-Costa, Poulin & Faltýnkova (2014) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Microphallus tringae Capron, Deblock & Biguet, 1958 accepted as Microphallus papillorobustus (Rankin, 1940) Baer, 1944 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Microphallus pisodonophidis Reimer & Szuks, 1973 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Ward, H. B. (1901). Notes on the parasites of the lake fish: III. On the structure of the copulatory organs in Microphallus nov. gen. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 22: 175–187.
page(s): 184 [details]
page(s): 184 [details]
Traits (2025). Microphallus Ward, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108588 on 2025-05-01
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Microphallus Ward, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108588 on 2025-05-01
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original description
Ward, H. B. (1901). Notes on the parasites of the lake fish: III. On the structure of the copulatory organs in Microphallus nov. gen. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 22: 175–187.
page(s): 184 [details]
original description (of Spelotrema Jägerskiöld, 1901) Jagerskiold, L. A. (1901). Tocotrema expansum (Crepi.) (=Monostomum expansum Crepi.) eine genitalnapftragende Distomide. <em>Centralblatt. Bakteriol.</em> 1 Abt. 30 (25): 979–983.
page(s): 982 [details]
original description (of Carneophallus Cable & Kuns, 1951) Cable, R. M.; Kuns, M. L. (1951). The trematode family Microphallidae with the description of Carneophallus trilobatus gen. et sp. nov., from Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 37 (5): 507–514., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3273261
page(s): 507 [details]
original description (of Spelophallus Jägerskiöld, 1908) Jagerskiold, L. A. (1908). Kleine Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Vogeltrematoden. <em>Zentralblatt fuer Bakteriologie Jena.</em> 48: 302–317.
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Paraheterophyes Afanasyev, 1941) Afanasyev, V. P. (1941). Parasitofauna of game mammals of the Commander Islands. <em>Uch. Zap. LGU.</em> 74 ser. biol. nauk No. 18: 93–117. (In Russian). [details]
original description (of Feminapocula Ke, Liang & Yu, 1987) Ke, X.-l.; Liang, C.; Yu, X.-b. (1987). Studies on microphallid trematodes from China. 11. A review of subfamily Microphallinae with a description of Feminapocula numenia gen. et sp. nov. <em>Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica.</em> 2 (3): 238–243. (In Chinese).
page(s): 238, 242; note: It is not clear whether this paper is the earliest reference to this taxon [details]
original description (of Feminapocula Ke, Liang & Yu, 1987) Ke, X.-l.; Liang, C.; Yu, X.-b. (1987). A description of Feminopocula numenius gen. et sp. nov. (Trematoda: Microphallidae). <em>Annual Bulletin of the Society of Parasitology Guangdong Province.</em> 8-9: 117–119.
page(s): 117; note: It is not clear whether this paper is the earliest reference to this taxon [details]
original description (of Microtrema Sitko, 2013) Sitko J. (2013). Microtrema barusi gen. n. and sp. n. (Digenea: Phaneropsolidae) from Prunella modularis (Aves, Passeriformes) in the Czech Republic. <em>Helminthologia.</em> 50: 43–45.
page(s): 43 [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]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
identification resource Deblock, S. (2008). Family Microphallidae Ward, 1901. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3.</em> Walllingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 451–492.
page(s): 483 [details]
identification resource Belopolskaja, M. M. (1952). Trematode family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 6: 618–756 (In Russian).
page(s): 622 [details]
identification resource Belopolskaja, M. M. (1963). Family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 21: 259–502 (In Russian).
page(s): 335 [details]
identification resource Deblock, S.; Pearson, J. C. (1969). Contribution à l'étude des Microphallidae. Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda) XVIII - De cinq Microphallus d'Australie dont deux nouveaux. Essai de clé diagnostique des espèces du genre. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 44 (4): 391–414.
page(s): 405 [details]
page(s): 184 [details]
original description (of Spelotrema Jägerskiöld, 1901) Jagerskiold, L. A. (1901). Tocotrema expansum (Crepi.) (=Monostomum expansum Crepi.) eine genitalnapftragende Distomide. <em>Centralblatt. Bakteriol.</em> 1 Abt. 30 (25): 979–983.
page(s): 982 [details]
original description (of Carneophallus Cable & Kuns, 1951) Cable, R. M.; Kuns, M. L. (1951). The trematode family Microphallidae with the description of Carneophallus trilobatus gen. et sp. nov., from Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 37 (5): 507–514., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3273261
page(s): 507 [details]
original description (of Spelophallus Jägerskiöld, 1908) Jagerskiold, L. A. (1908). Kleine Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Vogeltrematoden. <em>Zentralblatt fuer Bakteriologie Jena.</em> 48: 302–317.
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Paraheterophyes Afanasyev, 1941) Afanasyev, V. P. (1941). Parasitofauna of game mammals of the Commander Islands. <em>Uch. Zap. LGU.</em> 74 ser. biol. nauk No. 18: 93–117. (In Russian). [details]
original description (of Feminapocula Ke, Liang & Yu, 1987) Ke, X.-l.; Liang, C.; Yu, X.-b. (1987). Studies on microphallid trematodes from China. 11. A review of subfamily Microphallinae with a description of Feminapocula numenia gen. et sp. nov. <em>Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica.</em> 2 (3): 238–243. (In Chinese).
page(s): 238, 242; note: It is not clear whether this paper is the earliest reference to this taxon [details]
original description (of Feminapocula Ke, Liang & Yu, 1987) Ke, X.-l.; Liang, C.; Yu, X.-b. (1987). A description of Feminopocula numenius gen. et sp. nov. (Trematoda: Microphallidae). <em>Annual Bulletin of the Society of Parasitology Guangdong Province.</em> 8-9: 117–119.
page(s): 117; note: It is not clear whether this paper is the earliest reference to this taxon [details]
original description (of Microtrema Sitko, 2013) Sitko J. (2013). Microtrema barusi gen. n. and sp. n. (Digenea: Phaneropsolidae) from Prunella modularis (Aves, Passeriformes) in the Czech Republic. <em>Helminthologia.</em> 50: 43–45.
page(s): 43 [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]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
identification resource Deblock, S. (2008). Family Microphallidae Ward, 1901. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3.</em> Walllingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 451–492.
page(s): 483 [details]
identification resource Belopolskaja, M. M. (1952). Trematode family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 6: 618–756 (In Russian).
page(s): 622 [details]
identification resource Belopolskaja, M. M. (1963). Family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 21: 259–502 (In Russian).
page(s): 335 [details]
identification resource Deblock, S.; Pearson, J. C. (1969). Contribution à l'étude des Microphallidae. Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda) XVIII - De cinq Microphallus d'Australie dont deux nouveaux. Essai de clé diagnostique des espèces du genre. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 44 (4): 391–414.
page(s): 405 [details]



