WoRMS taxon details
Orchidasma Looss, 1900
108635 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108635)
accepted
Genus
Distomum amphiorchis Braun, 1899 accepted as Orchidasma amphiorchis (Braun, 1899) Looss, 1900 (type by typification of replaced name)
Anadasmus Looss, 1899 · unaccepted (pre-occupied and renamed)
- Species Orchidasma amphiorchis (Braun, 1899) Looss, 1900
- Species Orchidasma orchilobata Rosser, Meaux, Woodyard & Stilwell in Rosser et al., 2025
- Species Orchidasma srivastavai Ghosh, 1996
- Species Orchidasma cheloniae Lin, 1981 accepted as Orchidasma amphiorchis (Braun, 1899) Looss, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Orchidasma indica Simha, Rao & Chattopadhyaya, 1971 accepted as Orchidasma amphiorchis (Braun, 1899) Looss, 1900 (Synonym according to Blair & Limpus (1982))
- Species Orchidasma vitelloconfluens Rao, 1973 accepted as Orchidasma amphiorchis (Braun, 1899) Looss, 1900 (Synonym according to Blair & Limpus (1982))
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: nom nov pro Anadasma Looss, 1899 pre-occupied [details]
page(s): 602; note: nom nov pro Anadasma Looss, 1899 pre-occupied [details]
Taxonomy According to Font & Lotz (2008), this genus is montypic.
Taxonomy According to Font & Lotz (2008), this genus is montypic.
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WoRMS (2026). Orchidasma Looss, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108635 on 2026-06-05
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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: nom nov pro Anadasma Looss, 1899 pre-occupied [details]
original description (of Anadasmus 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): 568 [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: nom nov pro Anadasma Looss, 1899 pre-occupied [details]
original description (of Anadasmus 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): 568 [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
Rosser, T. G.; Meaux, A.; Woodyard, E. T.; Stilwell, J. M.; Richardson, B. M.; Robison, L. R. S.; Hudnall, J. B.; McNulty, K.; Nguyen, J. A.; Rose, D.; Moore, D.; Peterman, B.; Reichley, S. R.; Lawrence, M. L. (2025). Systematic revision of the genus Orchidasma Looss, 1900 and description of Orchidasma orchilobata n. sp. from the loggerhead Caretta caretta (L.) and Kemp's ridley Lepidochelys kempii (Garman) turtles. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 102(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-025-10243-x [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Font, W. F.; Lotz, J. M. (2008). Family Telorchiidae Looss, 1899. In Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I., & Jones, A. (Eds.). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3.</em> Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum. pp. 425–436., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995885.0425
page(s): 436 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I.; Antipin, N. D. (1963). Superfamily Plagiorchioidea Dollfus, 1930. Family Telorchidae Stunkard, 1924. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 21: 118–257. (In Russian).
page(s): 244 [details]
page(s): 436 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I.; Antipin, N. D. (1963). Superfamily Plagiorchioidea Dollfus, 1930. Family Telorchidae Stunkard, 1924. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 21: 118–257. (In Russian).
page(s): 244 [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]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy According to Font & Lotz (2008), this genus is montypic.[details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anadasmus) (from synonym Anadasmus Looss, 1899)
To Genbank (from synonym Anadasmus Looss, 1899)
To ITIS
To Genbank (from synonym Anadasmus Looss, 1899)
To ITIS
