Marine Species Traits - Heterolope Looss, 1899

Traits name details

Heterolope Looss, 1899

AphiaID

1774938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774938)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Brachylaima Dujardin, 1843

Rank

Genus

Parent

Brachylaimidae Joyeux & Foley, 1930

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Species Heterolope aequans Looss, 1899 accepted as Brachylaima aequans (Looss, 1899) Skrjabin, 1948 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

terrestrial

Original description

Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 651 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Heterolope Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774938 on 2025-09-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Heterolope Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774938 on 2025-09-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-10-12 14:15:19Z

created

Bray, Rod

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Sources (2)

original description Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 651 [details]

source of synonymy Pojmanka, T. (2002). Family Brachylaimidae Joyeux & Foley, 1930. In: Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A; Bray, R. A. Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 1. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp. 37–43.
page(s): 41 [details]