WoRMS taxon details
Rhipidocotyle lepisostei Hopkins, 1954
418987 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:418987)
accepted
Species
brackish, fresh
Hopkins, S. H. (1954). The American species of trematodes confused with Bucephalus (Bucephalopsis) haimeanus. <em>Parasitology.</em> 44, 353–370.
page(s): 361 [details]
page(s): 361 [details]
Type locality contained in Texas-Louisiana Shelf
type locality contained in Texas-Louisiana Shelf [details]
WoRMS (2025). Rhipidocotyle lepisostei Hopkins, 1954. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418987 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Hopkins, S. H. (1954). The American species of trematodes confused with Bucephalus (Bucephalopsis) haimeanus. <em>Parasitology.</em> 44, 353–370.
page(s): 361 [details]
basis of record Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
page(s): 361 [details]
basis of record Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Skrjabin, K. I.; Guschanskaja, L. H. (1962). Order Bucephalidida (Odening, 1960) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1962. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 20: 166–559. (In Russian).
page(s): 506 [details]
page(s): 506 [details]
Other
additional source
Nolan, M. J.; Curran, S. S.; Miller, T. L.; Cutmore, S. C.; Cantacessi, C.; Cribb, T. H. (2015). Dollfustrema durum n. sp. and Heterobucephalopsis perardua n. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from the giant moray eel, Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker) (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), and proposal of the Heterobucephalopsinae n. subfam. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 64(6): 559-570., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2015.07.003
page(s): 561 [details]
additional source Hopkins, S. H. (1967). Rhipidocotyle lepisostei Hopkins, 1954, in gars caught in freshwater. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 53 (3): 491., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3276707
page(s): 491 [details]
additional source Wardle, W. J. (1990). Experimental verification of the metacercarial stage of Rhipidocotyle lepisostei (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) with notes on the natural occurrence of Its adult stage in gars in Texas and Virginia. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 76 (2): 293–295., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3283041
page(s): 293 [details]
page(s): 561 [details]
additional source Hopkins, S. H. (1967). Rhipidocotyle lepisostei Hopkins, 1954, in gars caught in freshwater. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 53 (3): 491., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3276707
page(s): 491 [details]
additional source Wardle, W. J. (1990). Experimental verification of the metacercarial stage of Rhipidocotyle lepisostei (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) with notes on the natural occurrence of Its adult stage in gars in Texas and Virginia. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 76 (2): 293–295., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3283041
page(s): 293 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
