Marine Species Traits - Distoma microcephalum Baird, 1853

Traits name details

Distoma microcephalum Baird, 1853

AphiaID

1327681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1327681)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Otodistomum veliporum (Creplin, 1837) Stafford, 1904

Rank

Species

Parent

Distoma Retzius, 1786

Environment

marine

Original description

Baird, [W.]. (1853). Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal worms, Contained in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>London: British Museum.</em> 1-132, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.21590
page(s): 58 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Distoma microcephalum Baird, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1327681 on 2025-06-05

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Distoma microcephalum Baird, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1327681 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-02-21 12:30:38Z

created

Gibson, David

2023-04-10 09:12:04Z

changed

Bray, Rod

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Sources (2)
Attributes (1)

original description Baird, [W.]. (1853). Catalogue of the Species of Entozoa, or Intestinal worms, Contained in the Collection of the British Museum. <em>London: British Museum.</em> 1-132, pls. 1, 2., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.21590
page(s): 58 [details]

basis of record 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. [details]

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