Marine Species Traits - Microphallinae Ward, 1901

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Microphallinae Ward, 1901

AphiaID

767760 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:767760)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Microphallidae Ward, 1901

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Genus Atriophallophorus Deblock & Rosé, 1964
Genus Atriotrema Belopolskaja, 1958
Genus Megalophalloides Ching & Herrera, 1976
Genus Megalophallus Cable, Connor & Balling, 1960
Genus Megistospermaticus Deblock & Canaris, 1992
Genus Microphallus Ward, 1901
Genus Rhyncostophallus Deblock & Canaris, 1997
Genus Bulbovitellus Yamaguti, 1971 accepted as Microphallus Ward, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Carneophallus Cable & Kuns, 1951 accepted as Microphallus Ward, 1901 (synonym)
Genus Feminapocula Ke, Liang & Yu, 1987 accepted as Microphallus Ward, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Paraheterophyes Afanasyev, 1941 accepted as Microphallus Ward, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Spelophallus Jägerskiöld, 1908 accepted as Microphallus Ward, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Spelotrema Jägerskiöld, 1901 accepted as Microphallus Ward, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Streptovitella Swales, 1933 accepted as Maritrema Nicoll, 1907 (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Ward, H. B. (1901). Notes on the parasites of the lake fish: III. On the structure of the copulatory organs in Microphallus nov. gen. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 22: 175–187.
page(s): 185 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Microphallinae Ward, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767760 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2014-07-25 06:05:02Z

created

Gibson, David

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Nomenclature

original description Ward, H. B. (1901). Notes on the parasites of the lake fish: III. On the structure of the copulatory organs in Microphallus nov. gen. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 22: 175–187.
page(s): 185 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Deblock, S. (2008). Family Microphallidae Ward, 1901. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3. Walllingford, CABI and Natural History Museum, pp. 451–492.
page(s): 480 [details]

identification resource Belopolskaja, M. M. (1952). Trematode family Microphallidae Travassos, 1920. Osnovy Trematodologii. 6: 618–756 (In Russian).
page(s): 622 [details]

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