WoRMS taxon details
Lecithochirium grandiporum (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1901
723014 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:723014)
accepted
Species
Distoma grandiporum Rudolphi, 1819 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lecithochirium fukenensis Liu, 1996 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (according to Liu et al., 2010)
Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sterrhurus fusiformis (Lühe, 1901) Looss, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sterrhurus grandiporus (Rudolphi, 1819) Looss, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Distoma grandiporum Rudolphi, 1819) Rudolphi, C. A. (1819). Entozoorum Synopsis cui Accedunt Mantissa Duplex et Indices Locupletissimi. Berolini: Augusti Rücker. ix + 811 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9698017
page(s): 111, 407 [details]
page(s): 111, 407 [details]
Type locality contained in Tyrrhenian Sea
type locality contained in Tyrrhenian Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
WoRMS (2026). Lecithochirium grandiporum (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723014 on 2026-02-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901) Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 476 [details]
original description (of Lecithochirium fukenensis Liu, 1996) Liu, S.-f. (1996). Two new species of Lecithochirium Luke, 1901 (Trematodes: Hemiuridae). <em>Journal of Oceanography in Taiwan Strait.</em> 15 (4): 394-399.
page(s): 394, 398 [details]
original description (of Distoma grandiporum Rudolphi, 1819) Rudolphi, C. A. (1819). Entozoorum Synopsis cui Accedunt Mantissa Duplex et Indices Locupletissimi. Berolini: Augusti Rücker. ix + 811 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9698017
page(s): 111, 407 [details]
new combination reference Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 477 [details]
page(s): 476 [details]
original description (of Lecithochirium fukenensis Liu, 1996) Liu, S.-f. (1996). Two new species of Lecithochirium Luke, 1901 (Trematodes: Hemiuridae). <em>Journal of Oceanography in Taiwan Strait.</em> 15 (4): 394-399.
page(s): 394, 398 [details]
original description (of Distoma grandiporum Rudolphi, 1819) Rudolphi, C. A. (1819). Entozoorum Synopsis cui Accedunt Mantissa Duplex et Indices Locupletissimi. Berolini: Augusti Rücker. ix + 811 pp., pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9698017
page(s): 111, 407 [details]
new combination reference Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 477 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I. (2007). The status of Lecithochirium grandiporum (Rudolphi, 1819) (Digenea: Hemiuridae), a rarely reported and poorly known species from the Mediterranean moray eel Muraena helena L. in the Western Mediterranean. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 68(3): 183-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-007-9095-5 [details]
redescription Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 477 [details]
redescription Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I. (2007). The status of Lecithochirium grandiporum (Rudolphi, 1819) (Digenea: Hemiuridae), a rarely reported and poorly known species from the Mediterranean moray eel Muraena helena L. in the Western Mediterranean. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 68(3): 183-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-007-9095-5
page(s): 185 [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. Second part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10: 337–649. (In Russian).
page(s): 391 [details]
redescription Linton, E. (1901). Parasites of fishes of the Woods Hole region. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> (1899), 19, 405–492.
page(s): 436, 486 [details]
redescription Morsy, K.; Bashtar, A.-R.; Abdel-Ghaffar, F.; Baksh, W. (2012). First record of Lecithochirium grandiporum (Digenea: Hemiuridae) infecting the lizard fish Saurida tumbil from the Red Sea. <em>Parasitology Research.</em> 111 (6): 2339–2344., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-012-3111-7
page(s): 2339 [details]
redescription Abdel-Ghaffar, F.; Bashtar, A.-R.; Mehlhorn, H.; Abdel-Gaber, R.; Saleh, R. (2013). Morphological and molecular characterization of Lecithochirium grandiporum (Digenea: Hemiuridae) infecting the European eel Anguilla anguilla as a new host record in Egypt. <em>Parasitology Research.</em> 112 (9): 3243–3250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-013-3502-4
page(s): 3243 [details]
redescription Elmajdoub, L. O.; Emshihee, K. A.; Abushiba, F. M.; Elzwawy, S. E.; Abusahal, M. M.; Aagme, R. S. (2023). Prevalence and morphological identification of digenean trematode species recovered from Infected organs of Lizardfish (Saurida undosquamis). <em>European Journal of Zoology.</em> 2 (2): 1–6., available online at https://doi.org/10.24018/ejzoo.2023.2.2.26
page(s): 3 [details]
redescription Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 477 [details]
redescription Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I. (2007). The status of Lecithochirium grandiporum (Rudolphi, 1819) (Digenea: Hemiuridae), a rarely reported and poorly known species from the Mediterranean moray eel Muraena helena L. in the Western Mediterranean. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 68(3): 183-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-007-9095-5
page(s): 185 [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. Second part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10: 337–649. (In Russian).
page(s): 391 [details]
redescription Linton, E. (1901). Parasites of fishes of the Woods Hole region. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> (1899), 19, 405–492.
page(s): 436, 486 [details]
redescription Morsy, K.; Bashtar, A.-R.; Abdel-Ghaffar, F.; Baksh, W. (2012). First record of Lecithochirium grandiporum (Digenea: Hemiuridae) infecting the lizard fish Saurida tumbil from the Red Sea. <em>Parasitology Research.</em> 111 (6): 2339–2344., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-012-3111-7
page(s): 2339 [details]
redescription Abdel-Ghaffar, F.; Bashtar, A.-R.; Mehlhorn, H.; Abdel-Gaber, R.; Saleh, R. (2013). Morphological and molecular characterization of Lecithochirium grandiporum (Digenea: Hemiuridae) infecting the European eel Anguilla anguilla as a new host record in Egypt. <em>Parasitology Research.</em> 112 (9): 3243–3250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-013-3502-4
page(s): 3243 [details]
redescription Elmajdoub, L. O.; Emshihee, K. A.; Abushiba, F. M.; Elzwawy, S. E.; Abusahal, M. M.; Aagme, R. S. (2023). Prevalence and morphological identification of digenean trematode species recovered from Infected organs of Lizardfish (Saurida undosquamis). <em>European Journal of Zoology.</em> 2 (2): 1–6., available online at https://doi.org/10.24018/ejzoo.2023.2.2.26
page(s): 3 [details]
Other
additional source
Radujkovic, B.; Sundic, D. (2014). Parasitic flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda) of fishes from the Adriatic Sea. <em>Natura Montenegrina.</em> 13 (1):7–280., available online at https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1401.5448
page(s): 93 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lecithochirium fusiforme) (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lecithochirium grandiporum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records) (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (8 records) (from synonym Sterrhurus fusiformis (Lühe, 1901) Looss, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lecithochirium fusiforme) (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lecithochirium grandiporum)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records) (from synonym Lecithochirium fusiforme Lühe, 1901)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (8 records) (from synonym Sterrhurus fusiformis (Lühe, 1901) Looss, 1907)
