WoRMS taxon details
Otodistomum Stafford, 1904
108720 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108720)
accepted
Genus
Distoma veliporum Creplin, 1837 accepted as Otodistomum veliporum (Creplin, 1837) Stafford, 1904 (type by monotypy)
Aphanhystera Guiart, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Josstaffordia Odhner, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Xenodistomum Stafford, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Otodistomum cestoides (Van Beneden, 1870) Odhner, 1911
- Species Otodistomum hydrolagi Schell, 1972
- Species Otodistomum plunketi Fyfe, 1953
- Species Otodistomum pristiophori (Johnston, 1902) Woolcock, 1935
- Species Otodistomum veliporum (Creplin, 1837) Stafford, 1904
- Species Otodistomum leptotheca Dollfus, 1937 accepted as Otodistomum veliporum (Creplin, 1837) Stafford, 1904 (synonym)
- Species Otodistomum monacensis (Guiart, 1938) accepted as Otodistomum cestoides (Van Beneden, 1870) Odhner, 1911 (synonym)
- Species Otodistomum plicatum Kay, 1947 accepted as Otodistomum veliporum (Creplin, 1837) Stafford, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Otodistomum scymni (Risso, 1826) Guiart, 1938 accepted as Otodistomum veliporum (Creplin, 1837) Stafford, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
marine
neuter
Stafford, J. (1904). Trematodes from Canadian fishes. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 27: 481–495.
page(s): 482 [details]
page(s): 482 [details]
Taxonomic remark Should likely be reassigned to its own subfamily.
Taxonomic remark Should likely be reassigned to its own subfamily. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Otodistomum Stafford, 1904. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108720 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Stafford, J. (1904). Trematodes from Canadian fishes. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 27: 481–495.
page(s): 482 [details]
original description (of Aphanhystera Guiart, 1938) Guiart, J. (1938). Trématodes parasites provenant des Campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco (1886-1912). <em>Résultats Campagnes Scient. Albert 1er Prince Monaco.</em> 99: 1-84.
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Xenodistomum Stafford, 1904) Stafford, J. (1904). Trematodes from Canadian fishes. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 27: 481–495.
page(s): 483 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 482 [details]
original description (of Aphanhystera Guiart, 1938) Guiart, J. (1938). Trématodes parasites provenant des Campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco (1886-1912). <em>Résultats Campagnes Scient. Albert 1er Prince Monaco.</em> 99: 1-84.
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Xenodistomum Stafford, 1904) Stafford, J. (1904). Trematodes from Canadian fishes. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 27: 481–495.
page(s): 483 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 61 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1958). Suborder Azygiata La Rue, 1957. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 14, 667-819. (In Russian).
page(s): 728 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I. (2002). Superfamily Azygioidea Lühe, 1909. In: Gibson, D.I., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. [Eds]. <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International. pp. 19–24.
page(s): 22 [details]
page(s): 61 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1958). Suborder Azygiata La Rue, 1957. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 14, 667-819. (In Russian).
page(s): 728 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I. (2002). Superfamily Azygioidea Lühe, 1909. In: Gibson, D.I., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. [Eds]. <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International. pp. 19–24.
page(s): 22 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Gibson, D. I. & Bray, R. A. 1977. The Azygiidae, Hirudinellidae, Ptychogonimidae, Sclerodistomidae and Syncoeliidae of fishes from the north-east Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology) 32: 167–245.
page(s): 169; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Gibson, D. I. & Bray, R. A. 1977. The Azygiidae, Hirudinellidae, Ptychogonimidae, Sclerodistomidae and Syncoeliidae of fishes from the north-east Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology) 32: 167–245.
page(s): 169; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Should likely be reassigned to its own subfamily. [details]