WoRMS taxon details
Baccigeroides Dutta, 1995
725450 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:725450)
accepted
Genus
Baccigeroides hafeezullai Dutta, 1995 (type by original designation)
Baccigeroides Manna & Dutta, 1996 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Baccigeroides cochinensis (Hafeezullah & Siddiqi, 1970) Dutta, 1995
- Species Baccigeroides currani Truong & Bullard, 2025
- Species Baccigeroides hafeezullai Dutta, 1995
- Species Baccigeroides opisthonemae (Nahhas & Cable, 1964) Truong & Bullard, 2025
- Species Baccigeroides ovatus (Price, 1934) Cutmore, Bray & Cribb, 2018
marine
masculine
Dutta, I. B. (1995). Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea. <em>Wetland Ecosystem Series 1: Fauna of Chilka Lake. ZooI. Surv. India.</em> 235-277.
page(s): 249 [details]
page(s): 249 [details]
Taxonomic remark The authors consider Baccigeroides and Cercaria rangiae to belong in the same undetermined family with Bacciger and...
Taxonomic remark Our phylogenetic analyses suggested that Bacciger needs a taxonomic revision or that both Baccigeroides and Pseudobacciger...
Taxonomic remark The authors consider Baccigeroides and Cercaria rangiae to belong in the same undetermined family with Bacciger and Pseudobacciger (incertae sedis) within the Gymnophalloidea [details]
Taxonomic remark Our phylogenetic analyses suggested that Bacciger needs a taxonomic revision or that both Baccigeroides and Pseudobacciger...
Taxonomic remark Our phylogenetic analyses suggested that Bacciger needs a taxonomic revision or that both Baccigeroides and Pseudobacciger should be synonymized with Bacciger. However, both
hypotheses are premature, and additional taxon sampling is needed to adequately test the monophyly of Bacciger, Baccigeroides, and Pseudobacciger. [details]
hypotheses are premature, and additional taxon sampling is needed to adequately test the monophyly of Bacciger, Baccigeroides, and Pseudobacciger. [details]
WoRMS (2026). Baccigeroides Dutta, 1995. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=725450 on 2026-08-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Dutta, I. B. (1995). Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea. <em>Wetland Ecosystem Series 1: Fauna of Chilka Lake. ZooI. Surv. India.</em> 235-277.
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Baccigeroides Manna & Dutta, 1996) Manna, B., Datta, I. B. (1996). On Baccigeroides gen. nov. (Digenea: Fellodistomatidae: Baccigerinae) in the intestine of Setipinna phasa (Engraulidae) at Chilka Lagoon of Orissa coast, India. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 125: 53–57. [details]
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Baccigeroides Manna & Dutta, 1996) Manna, B., Datta, I. B. (1996). On Baccigeroides gen. nov. (Digenea: Fellodistomatidae: Baccigerinae) in the intestine of Setipinna phasa (Engraulidae) at Chilka Lagoon of Orissa coast, India. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 125: 53–57. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Curran, S. S.; Warren, M. B.; Bullard, S. A. (2022). Description of a New Species of Bacciger (Digenea: Gymnophalloidea) Infecting the American Gizzard Shad, Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818), and Molecular Characterization of Cercaria rangiae Wardle, 1983, with Molecular Phylogeny of Related Digenea. <em>Comparative Parasitology.</em> 89(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1654/copa-d-21-00011 [details] Available for editors 
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redescription Truong, T. N.; Bullard, S. A. (2025). New Species of Baccigeroides (Digenea: Gymnophalloidea) Infecting Intestinal Mucosa of Gulf Menhaden, Brevoortia patronus Goode, 1878 (Clupeiformes: Alosidae) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-142 [details]
[request]redescription Truong, T. N.; Bullard, S. A. (2025). New Species of Baccigeroides (Digenea: Gymnophalloidea) Infecting Intestinal Mucosa of Gulf Menhaden, Brevoortia patronus Goode, 1878 (Clupeiformes: Alosidae) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-142 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Bray, R. A. (2008). Family Faustulidae Poche, 1926. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 509–522., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995885.0509
page(s): 521 [details]
page(s): 521 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The authors consider Baccigeroides and Cercaria rangiae to belong in the same undetermined family with Bacciger and Pseudobacciger (incertae sedis) within the Gymnophalloidea [details]Taxonomic remark Our phylogenetic analyses suggested that Bacciger needs a taxonomic revision or that both Baccigeroides and Pseudobacciger should be synonymized with Bacciger. However, both
hypotheses are premature, and additional taxon sampling is needed to adequately test the monophyly of Bacciger, Baccigeroides, and Pseudobacciger. [details]
