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Polyangium Looss, 1902

AphiaID

725394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:725394)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Microscaphidium linguatula Looss, 1899 accepted as Polyangium linguatula (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902 (type by original designation)

Parent

Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900

Synonymised names

Nephrobius Poche, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Polyangium linguatula (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902
Species Polyangium manueli Eduardo & Diaz, 2008
Species Polyangium colymbi (Poche, 1926) Price, 1937 accepted as Polyangium linguatula (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902 (synonym)
Species Polyangium longiseminale Chattopadhyaya, 1972 accepted as Polyangium linguatula (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902 (synonym)
Species Polyangium miyajimai Kobayashi, 1915 accepted as Polyangium linguatula (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902 (synonym)

Environment

marine

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere. 16, 411–894., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.17153
page(s): 687 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Polyangium Looss, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=725394 on 2026-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-04-16 08:23:45Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2014-01-20 10:12:56Z

checked

Gibson, David

2020-10-02 15:16:57Z

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Bray, Rod

2023-01-14 20:57:20Z

changed

Gibson, David

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Nomenclature

original description Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere. 16, 411–894., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.17153
page(s): 687 [details]

original description (of Nephrobius Poche, 1926) Poche, F. (1926). Das System der Platodaria. Archiv für naturgeschichte. Abteilung A. 91: 1-458.
page(s): 225 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Blair, D. (1986). A revision of the subfamily Microscaphidiinae (Platyhelminthes, Digenea, Microscaphidiidae) parasitic in marine turtles (Reptilia, Chelonia). Australian Journal of Zoology. 34 (2): 241–277., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/zo9860241
page(s): 263 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1949). Suborder Paramphistomatata (Szidat, 1936) Skrjabin et Schulz, 1937. Osnovy Trematodologii. 3: 5–619. (In Russian).
page(s): 561 [details]

identification resource Blair, D. (2005). Family Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I., (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp.193–212., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995878.0193
page(s): 210 [details]

Other

additional source Fernandes, B. M. M.; Kohn, A. (2014). South American trematodes parasites of amphibians and reptiles. Rio de Janeiro : Oficina de Livros. x, 228 pp. [details]