WoRMS taxon details
Lecithostaphylus nitens (Linton, 1898) Linton, 1940
728654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:728654)
accepted
Species
Distomum nitens Linton, 1898 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lecithostaphylus ahaaha Yamaguti, 1970 · unaccepted (synonym according to Bray (1986))
Lecithostaphylus elongatus (Manter, 1947) Yamaguti, 1953 · unaccepted (synonym according to Bray (1986))
Manteroderma elongata (Manter, 1947) Skrjabin, 1957 · unaccepted (synonym)
Manteroderma nitens (Linton, 1898) Skrjabin, 1957 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Steganoderma (Opisthoarchiotrema) indicus Gupta & Sharma, 1972 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Steganoderma elongatum Manter, 1947 · unaccepted (synonym according to Bray (1986))
Steganoderma indicum Gupta & Sharma, 1972 · unaccepted (synonym according to Bray (1986))
Steganoderma nitens (Linton, 1898) Manter, 1947 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Distomum nitens Linton, 1898) Linton, E. (1898). Notes on trematode parasites of fishes. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Washington.</em> 20, 507-548., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.20-1133.507
page(s): 534 [details]
page(s): 534 [details]
Type locality contained in Virginian
type locality contained in Virginian [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
WoRMS (2026). Lecithostaphylus nitens (Linton, 1898) Linton, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=728654 on 2026-06-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lecithostaphylus ahaaha Yamaguti, 1970) Yamaguti, S. (1970). <em>Digenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes.</em> Tokyo: Keigaku, 436 pp.
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Steganoderma elongatum Manter, 1947) Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 38, 257–416., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2421571
page(s): 311 [details]
original description (of Steganoderma (Opisthoarchiotrema) indicus Gupta & Sharma, 1972) Gupta, A. N., & Sharma, P. N. (1972). Studies on digenetic trematodes from marine fishes of Indian waters. Part 3. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. (Serie Ciencia del Mar y Limnologia).</em> 43: 93–102.
page(s): 98 [details]
original description (of Distomum nitens Linton, 1898) Linton, E. (1898). Notes on trematode parasites of fishes. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Washington.</em> 20, 507-548., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.20-1133.507
page(s): 534 [details]
new combination reference Linton, E. (1940). Trematodes from fishes mainly from the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 88: 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.88-3078.1
page(s): 44 [details]
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Steganoderma elongatum Manter, 1947) Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 38, 257–416., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2421571
page(s): 311 [details]
original description (of Steganoderma (Opisthoarchiotrema) indicus Gupta & Sharma, 1972) Gupta, A. N., & Sharma, P. N. (1972). Studies on digenetic trematodes from marine fishes of Indian waters. Part 3. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. (Serie Ciencia del Mar y Limnologia).</em> 43: 93–102.
page(s): 98 [details]
original description (of Distomum nitens Linton, 1898) Linton, E. (1898). Notes on trematode parasites of fishes. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Washington.</em> 20, 507-548., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.20-1133.507
page(s): 534 [details]
new combination reference Linton, E. (1940). Trematodes from fishes mainly from the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 88: 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.88-3078.1
page(s): 44 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Linton, E. (1940). Trematodes from fishes mainly from the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 88: 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.88-3078.1
page(s): 44 [details]
redescription Madhavi, R., Bray, R. A. (2018). <em>Digenetic Trematodes of Indian Marine Fishes.</em> Springer, Dordrecht, 693 pp.
page(s): 575 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 44 [details]
redescription Madhavi, R., Bray, R. A. (2018). <em>Digenetic Trematodes of Indian Marine Fishes.</em> Springer, Dordrecht, 693 pp.
page(s): 575 [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 (3 publications)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Steganoderma nitens (Linton, 1898) Manter, 1947)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Steganoderma nitens (Linton, 1898) Manter, 1947)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Lecithostaphylus elongatus (Manter, 1947) Yamaguti, 1953)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Steganoderma elongatum Manter, 1947)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Steganoderma nitens (Linton, 1898) Manter, 1947)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Steganoderma nitens (Linton, 1898) Manter, 1947)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Lecithostaphylus elongatus (Manter, 1947) Yamaguti, 1953)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Steganoderma elongatum Manter, 1947)
