WoRMS taxon details
Microscaphidium Looss, 1900
108513 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108513)
accepted
Genus
Microscaphidium reticulare (Van Beneden, 1859) Looss, 1901 (type by typification of replaced name)
Microscapha Looss, 1899 · unaccepted (pre-occupied)
Parangiodictyum Mukherjee, 1993 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Microscaphidium aberrans Looss, 1902
- Species Microscaphidium reticulare (Van Beneden, 1859) Looss, 1901
- Species Microscaphidium satyabrati (Mukherjee, 1993) Blair, 2005
- Species Microscaphidium warui Blair, 1986
- Species Microscaphidium chelonei Chattopadhyaya, 1972 nec Mehrotra, 1973 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Microscaphidium caballeroi Groschaft, 1977 accepted as Microscaphidium reticulare (Van Beneden, 1859) Looss, 1901 (synonym)
- Species Microscaphidium chelonei Mehrotra, 1973 nec Chattopadhyaya, 1972 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Microscaphidium japonicum Oguro, 1941 accepted as Microscaphidium reticulare (Van Beneden, 1859) Looss, 1901 (synonym)
- Species Microscaphidium linguatula Looss, 1899 accepted as Polyangium linguatula (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902 (Superseded combination)
- Species Microscaphidium parallelum Looss, 1901 accepted as Angiodictyum parallelum (Looss, 1901) Looss, 1902 (synonym)
- Species Microscaphidium sagitta (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1901 accepted as Octangium sagitta (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902 (Superseded combination)
marine
Looss, A. (1900). Nachträgliche Bemerkungen zu den Namen der von mir vorgeschlagenen Distomidengattungen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 23: 601-608.
page(s): 602; note: Microscapha Looss, 1899, nec Le Conte, 1866, renamed [details]
page(s): 602; note: Microscapha Looss, 1899, nec Le Conte, 1866, renamed [details]
WoRMS (2026). Microscaphidium Looss, 1900. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108513 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Looss, A. (1900). Nachträgliche Bemerkungen zu den Namen der von mir vorgeschlagenen Distomidengattungen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 23: 601-608.
page(s): 602; note: Microscapha Looss, 1899, nec Le Conte, 1866, renamed [details]
original description (of Microscapha Looss, 1899) Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 668 [details]
original description (of Parangiodictyum Mukherjee, 1993) Mukherjee, M. (1993). On a new genus and new species of trematode of the family Microscaphiidae Looss, 1900, from a marine turtle. <em>Rivista di Parassitologia.</em> 10 (2): 207–211.
page(s): 207 [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]
page(s): 602; note: Microscapha Looss, 1899, nec Le Conte, 1866, renamed [details]
original description (of Microscapha Looss, 1899) Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 668 [details]
original description (of Parangiodictyum Mukherjee, 1993) Mukherjee, M. (1993). On a new genus and new species of trematode of the family Microscaphiidae Looss, 1900, from a marine turtle. <em>Rivista di Parassitologia.</em> 10 (2): 207–211.
page(s): 207 [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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Blair, D. (1986). A revision of the subfamily Microscaphidiinae (Platyhelminthes, Digenea, Microscaphidiidae) parasitic in marine turtles (Reptilia, Chelonia). <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 34 (2): 241–277., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/zo9860241
page(s): 248 [details]
identification resource Blair, D. (2005). Family Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I., (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2.</em> Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp.193–212., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995878.0193
page(s): 208 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1949). Suborder Paramphistomatata (Szidat, 1936) Skrjabin et Schulz, 1937. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 3: 5–619. (In Russian).
page(s): 523 [details]
page(s): 248 [details]
identification resource Blair, D. (2005). Family Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I., (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2.</em> Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp.193–212., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995878.0193
page(s): 208 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1949). Suborder Paramphistomatata (Szidat, 1936) Skrjabin et Schulz, 1937. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 3: 5–619. (In Russian).
page(s): 523 [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microscapha) (from synonym Microscapha Looss, 1899)
To Genbank (from synonym Microscapha Looss, 1899)
To Genbank (from synonym Microscapha Looss, 1899)
