Platocystis
creator: Gibson, David
creator: Martinez, Olga
creator: Bray, Rod
date: 2026-08-27
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Platocystis Yamaguti, 1938
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: WoRMS (2026). Platocystis Yamaguti, 1938. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108744 on 2026-08-27
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2019-03-21T08:40:11Z
replaces: 725563
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Platocystis Yamaguti, 1938
class: Trematoda
family: Didymozoidae
genus: Platocystis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Yamaguti, S. (1938). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 24. Trematodes of fishes, V. Japanese Journal of Zoology. 8, 15–74.
name published in: Yamaguti, S. (1970). Digenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. Tokyo: Keigaku, 436 pp.
name published in year: 1938
name published in year: 1970
order: Plagiorchiida
parent name usage ID: 725069
phylum: Platyhelminthes
scientific name authorship: Yamaguti, 1938
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted