WoRMS name details
Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937
479963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479963)
unaccepted
Genus
Loutfia loutfia Khalil-Bey & Azim, 1937 accepted as Cleistogamia loutfia (Khalil-Bey & Azim, 1937) Khalil-Bey, 1938 (type by monotypy)
- Species Loutfia loutfia Khalil-Bey & Azim, 1937 accepted as Cleistogamia loutfia (Khalil-Bey & Azim, 1937) Khalil-Bey, 1938 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Khalil-Bey, M.; Azim, A. (1937). On Loutfia loutfia gen. nov., a sp. of the new family Cleistogamidae, endoparasites of holothuria from the Red Sea, Egypt. In: Papers on Helminthology 289-291,. All Union Lenin Acad. of Agricultural Sci., Moscow, Skrjabin Jubille Vol., Moscow, 1937: 289-291 [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2026). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Loutfia Khalil & Azim, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479963 on 2026-06-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Khalil-Bey, M.; Azim, A. (1937). On Loutfia loutfia gen. nov., a sp. of the new family Cleistogamidae, endoparasites of holothuria from the Red Sea, Egypt. In: Papers on Helminthology 289-291,. All Union Lenin Acad. of Agricultural Sci., Moscow, Skrjabin Jubille Vol., Moscow, 1937: 289-291 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Stunkard, H.W.; Corliss, J.O. (1951). New species of Syndesmis and a revision of the family Umagillidae Wahl 1910 (Turbellaria: Rhabdocoela). <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 101: 319-334., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1538550 [details] Available for editors 
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source of synonymy Khalil-Bey, B. M. (1938). Cleistogamia loutfia (Khalil & Azim); a redescription. <em>Journal of the Egyptian Medical Association.</em> 21: 285-287. [details]
[request]source of synonymy Khalil-Bey, B. M. (1938). Cleistogamia loutfia (Khalil & Azim); a redescription. <em>Journal of the Egyptian Medical Association.</em> 21: 285-287. [details]
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