Marine Species Traits - Polylekithum Arnold, 1934

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Polylekithum Arnold, 1934

AphiaID

108520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108520)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Polylekithum halli (Mueller & Van Cleave, 1932) Arnold, 1934 accepted as Polylekithum ictaluri (Pearse, 1924) Arnold, 1934 (type by original designation)

Parent

Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931

Direct children (6)

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Species Polylekithum catahoulensis Curran, Tkachc & Overstreet, 2006
Species Polylekithum ictaluri (Pearse, 1924) Arnold, 1934
Species Polylekithum percai Ostrowski de Núñez, Brugni & Viozzi, 2000
Species Polylekithum fangosi Cortizas & Nasir, 1973 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, according to Shimazu et al. (2000))
Species Polylekithum halli (Mueller & Van Cleave, 1932) Arnold, 1934 accepted as Polylekithum ictaluri (Pearse, 1924) Arnold, 1934 (Synonym)
Species Polylekithum trachuri Rizk, Taha & El-Rahman, 1996 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)

Environment

marine, fresh

Original description

Arnold, J. G. (1934). Some trematodes of the common Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 53(3): 267-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3222103
page(s): 268 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Polylekithum Arnold, 1934. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108520 on 2025-05-21

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Polylekithum Arnold, 1934. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108520 on 2025-05-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gibson, David

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2011-06-15 19:01:07Z

changed

Cribb, Thomas

2014-08-01 08:03:12Z

changed

Gibson, David

2021-01-26 09:14:00Z

changed

Bray, Rod

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original description Arnold, J. G. (1934). Some trematodes of the common Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 53(3): 267-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3222103
page(s): 268 [details]

taxonomy source Curran, S.; Tkach, V.; Overstreet, R. (2006). A review of Polylekithum Arnold, 1934 and its familial affinities using morphological and molecular data, with description of Polylekithum catahoulensis sp. nov. Acta Parasitologica. 51(4), 238–248., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-006-0037-1 [details]

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

identification resource Caira, J. N.; Bogéa, T. (2005). Family Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2. Wallingford, CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, pp 417–436.
page(s): 434 [details]

identification resource Koval, V. P. (1966). Family Allocreadiidae Stossich, 1903. Osnovy Trematodologii. 22: 184–310. (In Russian).
page(s): 263 [details]

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