Leucochloridium
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| Family: | Leucochloridiidae Poche, 1907[1]
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| Genus: | Leucochloridium Carus, 1835
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Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic trematode worms in the order Diplostomida. It Is the sole genus in the family Leucochloridiidae.[2] Members of this genus cause pulsating swellings in the eye-stalks of snails (a phenomenon colloquially called a zombie snail), so as to attract the attention of predatory birds required in the parasites' lifecycle.
Taxonomy
Species
Species in the genus Leucochloridium include:
- Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800)
- Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948
- Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
- Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmanska, 1969
- Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
- Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932
- Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881
Synonyms
- Leucochloridium macrostomum is a synonym for Urogonimus macrostomus (Rudolphi, 1802)
See also
References
- ^ Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Trematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 31, 124–126.
- ^ Carus, C. G. (1835). Beobachtung über einen merkwürdigen schöngefärbten Eingeweidewurm, Leucochloridium paradoxum mihi, und dessen parasitische Erzeugung in einer Landschnecke, Succinea amphibia Drap. Helix putris Linn. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 17(7), 85–100.
External links
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Data related to Leucochloridiidae at Wikispecies
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