WoRMS taxon details
Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899
Adenogasterinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Charaxicephalidae Price, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
Charaxicephalinae Price, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cricocephalinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Metacetabulidae Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neopronocephalidae Mehra, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)
Neopronocephalinae Mehra, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)
Opisthopondae Fukui, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pronocephalinae Looss, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
Teloporidae Fukui, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Genus Adenogaster Looss, 1901
- Genus Buckarootrema Platt & Brooks, 2001
- Genus Cetiosaccus Gilbert, 1938
- Genus Charaxicephaloides Groschaft & Tenora, 1978
- Genus Charaxicephalus Looss, 1901
- Genus Choanophorus Caballero, 1942
- Genus Cricocephalus Looss, 1899
- Genus Desmogonius Stephens, 1911
- Genus Diaschistorchis Johnston, 1913
- Genus Iguanacola Gilbert, 1938
- Genus Macravestibulum Mackin, 1930
- Genus Metacetabulum Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938
- Genus Neopronocephalus Mehra, 1932
- Genus Notopronocephalus Cribb & Pichelin, 1997
- Genus Parapleurogonius Sullivan, 1976
- Genus Pleurogonius Looss, 1901
- Genus Pronocephalus Looss, 1899
- Genus Pyelosomum Looss, 1899
- Genus Rameshwarotrema Rao, 1975
- Genus Renigonius Mehra, 1939
- Genus Ruicephalus Skrjabin, 1955
- Genus Teloporia Fukui, 1933
- Subfamily Adenogasterinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (Synonym)
- Genus Astrorchis Poche, 1926 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
- Genus Barisomum Linton, 1910 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
- Subfamily Charaxicephalinae Price, 1931 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
- Genus Cortinasoma Oshmarin & Zharikova, 1984 accepted as Adenogaster Looss, 1901 (synonym)
- Subfamily Cricocephalinae Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (Synonym)
- Genus Epibathra Looss, 1902 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
- Genus Glyphicephalus Looss, 1901 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Himasomum Linton, 1910 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Medioporus Oguro, 1936 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Metapronocephalus Pandey & Agrawal, 1979 accepted as Neopronocephalus Mehra, 1932 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Myosaccus Gilbert, 1938 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym)
- Genus Neoadenogaster Mehrotra, 1973 accepted as Cricocephalus Looss, 1899 (synonym)
- Genus Neocricocephalus Gupta, 1962 accepted as Cricocephalus Looss, 1899 (synonym)
- Subfamily Neopronocephalinae Mehra, 1932 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
- Genus Odilebainia Caballero Rodríguez, del Río-Estrada, Rodríguez-Álvarez & Tello-Sandoval, 1992 accepted as Himasomum Linton, 1910 accepted as Pleurogonius Looss, 1901 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Opisthoporus Fukui, 1929 accepted as Teloporia Fukui, 1933 (Pre-occupied)
- Genus Paradenogaster Fischthal & Kuntz, 1975 accepted as Adenogaster Looss, 1901 (synonym)
- Subfamily Pronocephalinae Looss, 1899 accepted as Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899 (synonym)
- Genus Pseudobarisomum Siddiqi & Cable, 1960 accepted as Pyelosomum Looss, 1899 (synonym, according to Blair (2005))
- Genus Raogaster Groschaft & Tenora, 1981 accepted as Adenogaster Looss, 1901 (synonym)
- Genus Synechorchis Barker, 1922 accepted as Diaschistorchis Johnston, 1913 (synonym)
- Genus Wilderia Pratt, 1914 accepted as Diaschistorchis Johnston, 1913 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 665 [details]
page(s): 665 [details]
WoRMS (2024). Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108428 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Looss, A. (1899). Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Aegyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> 12: 521-784., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2037
page(s): 665 [details]
original description (of Metacetabulidae Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938) Teixeira de Freitas, J. F.; Lent, H. (1938). Sobre alguns trematodeos parasitos de Chelone mydas (L.), principalmente Paramphistomoidea. <em>Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.</em> 33: 79–87.
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Neopronocephalidae Mehra, 1932) Mehra, H. R. (1932). Nouveaux monostomes de la famille des Pronocephalidae des tortues d'eau douce de l'Inde. Classification de cette famille. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 10 (3): 225–247.
page(s): 245; note: as subfamily [details]
original description (of Teloporidae Fukui, 1933) Fukui, T. (1933). Teloporia (Tremat.) = Opisthoporus. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 103 (11-12): 332–333.
page(s): 332; note: for Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929 pre-occupied [details]
original description (of Charaxicephalinae Price, 1931) Price, E. W. (1931). Redescription of two species of trematode worms from the MacCallum collection with a note on the family Pronocephalidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 78 (xxii): 1–10.
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Neopronocephalinae Mehra, 1932) Mehra, H. R. (1932). Nouveaux monostomes de la famille des Pronocephalidae des tortues d'eau douce de l'Inde. Classification de cette famille. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 10 (3): 225–247.
page(s): 245 [details]
original description (of Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929) Fukui, T. (1929). Studies on Japanese Amphistomatous parasites, with revision of the group. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2, 219-351.
page(s): 339 [details]
taxonomy source Pérez Ponce de León, G.; Brooks, D. R. (1995). Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genera of the Pronocephalidae Looss, 1902 (Digenea: Paramphistomiformes). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 81 (2): 267-277.
page(s): 267 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Blair, D. (2005). Family Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2.</em> Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp. 361–380.
page(s): 361 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1955). Suborder Pronocephalata Skrjabin, 1955. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10, 5–210. (In Russian).
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 665 [details]
original description (of Metacetabulidae Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938) Teixeira de Freitas, J. F.; Lent, H. (1938). Sobre alguns trematodeos parasitos de Chelone mydas (L.), principalmente Paramphistomoidea. <em>Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.</em> 33: 79–87.
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Neopronocephalidae Mehra, 1932) Mehra, H. R. (1932). Nouveaux monostomes de la famille des Pronocephalidae des tortues d'eau douce de l'Inde. Classification de cette famille. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 10 (3): 225–247.
page(s): 245; note: as subfamily [details]
original description (of Teloporidae Fukui, 1933) Fukui, T. (1933). Teloporia (Tremat.) = Opisthoporus. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 103 (11-12): 332–333.
page(s): 332; note: for Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929 pre-occupied [details]
original description (of Charaxicephalinae Price, 1931) Price, E. W. (1931). Redescription of two species of trematode worms from the MacCallum collection with a note on the family Pronocephalidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 78 (xxii): 1–10.
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Neopronocephalinae Mehra, 1932) Mehra, H. R. (1932). Nouveaux monostomes de la famille des Pronocephalidae des tortues d'eau douce de l'Inde. Classification de cette famille. <em>Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée.</em> 10 (3): 225–247.
page(s): 245 [details]
original description (of Opisthoporidae Fukui, 1929) Fukui, T. (1929). Studies on Japanese Amphistomatous parasites, with revision of the group. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2, 219-351.
page(s): 339 [details]
taxonomy source Pérez Ponce de León, G.; Brooks, D. R. (1995). Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genera of the Pronocephalidae Looss, 1902 (Digenea: Paramphistomiformes). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 81 (2): 267-277.
page(s): 267 [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
identification resource Blair, D. (2005). Family Pronocephalidae Looss, 1899. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2.</em> Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, pp. 361–380.
page(s): 361 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1955). Suborder Pronocephalata Skrjabin, 1955. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 10, 5–210. (In Russian).
page(s): 7 [details]