WoRMS taxon details
Lecithasterinae Odhner, 1905
- Genus Alloopistholecithum Vainutis & Voronova, 2025
- Genus Lecithaster Lühe, 1901
- Genus Alloophistolecithum Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 accepted as Alloopistholecithum Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Anadichadena Dutta, 1995 accepted as Lecithaster Lühe, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Bilqeesotrema Gupta & Jain, 1991 accepted as Aponurus Looss, 1907 (synonym according to Gibson, 2002)
- Genus Brachadena Linton, 1910 accepted as Aponurus Looss, 1907 (synonym)
- Genus Leptosoma Stafford, 1904 accepted as Lecithaster Lühe, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Mordvilkoviaster Pigulewsky, 1938 accepted as Aponurus Looss, 1907 (synonym)
- Genus Opistholecithum Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 nec Baer, 1970 accepted as Alloopistholecithum Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, Pre-occupied by Opistholecithum Baer, 1970)
marine, brackish, fresh
Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. <em>Fauna Arctica.</em> 4: 289-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12102201
page(s): 360 [details]
page(s): 360 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Lecithasterinae Odhner, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724990 on 2026-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. <em>Fauna Arctica.</em> 4: 289-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12102201
page(s): 360 [details]
page(s): 360 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Vainutis, K. S.; Voronova, A. N. (2025). New insights in the systematics of the Hemiuroidea (Digenea: Hemiurata) based on the integrative taxonomy approach. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 102:17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-024-10209-5 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I. (2002). Family Lecithasteridae Odhner, 1905. In: Gibson, D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. [Eds]. <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 381–396., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995472.0381
page(s): 384 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1954). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. First part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 9, 225–653. (In Russian).
page(s): 511 [details]
identification resource Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 51 (2): 289–393.
page(s): 340 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 102 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I. (2002). Family Lecithasteridae Odhner, 1905. In: Gibson, D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. [Eds]. <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 381–396., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995472.0381
page(s): 384 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1954). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. First part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 9, 225–653. (In Russian).
page(s): 511 [details]
identification resource Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 51 (2): 289–393.
page(s): 340 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 102 [details]
Other
additional source
Looss, A. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Distomenfamilie Hemiuridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 31, 585–620.
page(s): 606; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L H. (1957). Additions to Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch, 1951) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1954. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 13, 601–779. (In Russian).
page(s): 754 [details]
page(s): 606; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L H. (1957). Additions to Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch, 1951) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1954. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 13, 601–779. (In Russian).
page(s): 754 [details]
