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Octangium Looss, 1902

725391  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:725391)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Trematoda (Class)
  7. Digenea (Subclass)
  8. Plagiorchiida (Order)
  9. Pronocephalata (Suborder)
  10. Paramphistomoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Microscaphidiidae (Family)
  12. Octangium (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Octangium sagitta (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902 (type by original designation)

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  1. Species Octangium hyphalum Blair, 1987
  2. Species Octangium sagitta (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902
  3. Species Octangium hasta Looss, 1902 accepted as Octangium sagitta (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Species Octangium takanoi Kobayashi, 1921 accepted as Octangium sagitta (Looss, 1899) Looss, 1902 (Tentative synonymy by Blair (1987))
  5. Species Octangium travassosi (Ruiz, 1943) Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Neoctangium travassosi Ruiz, 1943 (synonym)
  6. Species Octangium elongatum Chattopadhyaya, 1972 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  7. Species Octangium microrchis Chattopadhyaya, 1972 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine
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.
page(s): 684 [details] 
WoRMS (2025). Octangium Looss, 1902. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=725391 on 2025-05-07
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2013-04-16 08:23:45Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2014-01-20 10:12:56Z
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Gibson, David
2020-08-28 08:08:41Z
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Bray, Rod
2020-10-02 07:29:55Z
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Bray, Rod

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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.
page(s): 684 [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Blair, D. (1987). A revision of the subfamily Octangiinae (Platyhelminthes, Digenea, Microscaphidiidae) parasitic in marine turtles (Reptilia, Chelonia). <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 35 (1): 75–92., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/zo9870075
page(s): 78 [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Blair, D. (2005). Family Microscaphidiidae Looss, 1900. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I., (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2.</em> Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp.193–212.
page(s): 203 [details] 

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1949). Suborder Paramphistomatata (Szidat, 1936) Skrjabin et Schulz, 1937. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 3: 5–619. (In Russian).
page(s): 546 [details] 

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