WoRMS taxon details
Lecithaster indicus Srivastava, 1935
727089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:727089)
accepted
Species
Lecithaster drepanei Madhavi, 2011 · unaccepted (Nomen nudum.; apparently an...)
Nomen nudum.; apparently an error; attributed to Hafeezullah (1990) but Lecithaster indicus is listed in the latter paper.
marine, brackish
Srivastava, H. D. (1935). New hemiurids (Trematoda) from Indian freshwater fishes. Part I. New distomes of the genus Lecithaster Luhe, 1901, from Clupea ilisha. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences Allahabad.</em> 4: 381-387.
page(s): 382 [details]
page(s): 382 [details]
Type locality contained in Uttar Pradesh
type locality contained in Uttar Pradesh [details]
WoRMS (2025). Lecithaster indicus Srivastava, 1935. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=727089 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Srivastava, H. D. (1935). New hemiurids (Trematoda) from Indian freshwater fishes. Part I. New distomes of the genus Lecithaster Luhe, 1901, from Clupea ilisha. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences Allahabad.</em> 4: 381-387.
page(s): 382 [details]
original description (of Lecithaster drepanei Madhavi, 2011) Madhavi, R. (2011). Checklist of digenean trematodes reported from Indian marine fishes. Systematic Parasitology, 78(3), 163-232. [details]
page(s): 382 [details]
original description (of Lecithaster drepanei Madhavi, 2011) Madhavi, R. (2011). Checklist of digenean trematodes reported from Indian marine fishes. Systematic Parasitology, 78(3), 163-232. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Rizvi, S.S.H. (1971). Study of parasites in fishes of the Sind River. l. Trematodes of Hilsa ilisha (Ham.). <em>Sind Univ Res J (Sci Ser).</em> 5 (2): 189-200.
page(s): 193 [details]
redescription Nahhas, F. M., Sey, O. (2002). Digenetic trematodes from marine fishes off the coast of Kuwait, Arabian Gulf: superfamily Hemiuroidea. <em>Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.</em> 48: 1–20.
page(s): 15 [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1954). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. First part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 9, 225–653. (In Russian).
page(s): 538 [details]
redescription Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 51 (2): 289–393.
page(s): 340 [details]
redescription Gupta, N. K., Miglani, A. (1976). Digenetic trematodes from marine food fishes and wild ducks of Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) India. <em>Revista Ibérica de Parasitología.</em> 36: 219-248.
page(s): 226 [details]
page(s): 193 [details]
redescription Nahhas, F. M., Sey, O. (2002). Digenetic trematodes from marine fishes off the coast of Kuwait, Arabian Gulf: superfamily Hemiuroidea. <em>Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.</em> 48: 1–20.
page(s): 15 [details]
redescription Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1954). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. First part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 9, 225–653. (In Russian).
page(s): 538 [details]
redescription Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 51 (2): 289–393.
page(s): 340 [details]
redescription Gupta, N. K., Miglani, A. (1976). Digenetic trematodes from marine food fishes and wild ducks of Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) India. <em>Revista Ibérica de Parasitología.</em> 36: 219-248.
page(s): 226 [details]
Other
additional source
Hafeezullah, M. (1990). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of India (superfamily Hemiuroidea: families Lecithasteridae and Bunocotylidae). <em>Records of the Zoological Survey of India.</em> 86: 493-504.
page(s): 494 [details]
additional source Dutta, I. B. (1995). Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea. <em>Wetland Ecosystem Series 1: Fauna of Chilka Lake. ZooI. Surv. India.</em> 235-277.
page(s): 267 [details]
additional source Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 49 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/fauna/1/2023/platyhelminthes [details]
page(s): 494 [details]
additional source Dutta, I. B. (1995). Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea. <em>Wetland Ecosystem Series 1: Fauna of Chilka Lake. ZooI. Surv. India.</em> 235-277.
page(s): 267 [details]
additional source Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 49 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/fauna/1/2023/platyhelminthes [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
