WoRMS taxon details
Cricocephalus megastomus Looss, 1902
728073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:728073)
accepted
Species
Cricocephalus megastomum Looss, 1902 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, terrestrial
Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 16, 411–894., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.17153
page(s): 533 [details]
page(s): 533 [details]
Type locality contained in Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
WoRMS (2026). Cricocephalus megastomus Looss, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=728073 on 2026-11-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Looss, A. (1902). Über neue und bekannte Trematoden aus Seeschildröten. Nebst Erörterungen zur Systematik un Nomenclatur. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik Okologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 16, 411–894., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.17153
page(s): 533 [details]
page(s): 533 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Skrjabin, K. I. (1955). Suborder Pronocephalata Skrjabin, 1955. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10, 5–210. (In Russian).
page(s): 44 [details]
page(s): 44 [details]
Other
additional source
Fischthal, J.H.; Kuntz, R.E. (1975). Some trematodes of amphibians and reptiles from Taiwan. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 42 (1): 1–13. [details]
additional source Santoro, M.; Greiner, E. C.; Morales, J. A.; Rodríguez-Ortíz, B. (2006). DIGENETIC TREMATODE COMMUNITY IN NESTING GREEN SEA TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) FROM TORTUGUERO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 92(6): 1202-1206., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-866r.1 [details]
additional source Santoro, M.; Greiner, E. C.; Morales, J. A.; Rodríguez-Ortíz, B. (2006). DIGENETIC TREMATODE COMMUNITY IN NESTING GREEN SEA TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS) FROM TORTUGUERO NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 92(6): 1202-1206., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-866r.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
