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Bucephalidae Poche, 1907

AphiaID

108455 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108455)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Bucephaloidea Poche, 1907

Synonymised names

Prosorhynchidae Tendeiro, 1955 · unaccepted

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Subfamily Alcicorninae Tendeiro, 1955
Subfamily Bucephalinae Poche, 1907
1. Genus Aenigmatrema Corner, Cribb & Cutmore, 2020
2. Genus Alcicornis MacCallum, 1917
3. Genus Bucephalus von Baer, 1827
4. Genus Glandulorhynchus Thatcher, 1999
5. Genus Parabucephalopsis Tang & Tang, 1976
6. Genus Prosorhynchoides Dollfus, 1929
7. Genus Pseudobucephalopsis Long & Lee, 1964
8. Genus Pseudorhipidocotyle Wang & Pan in Long & Lee, 1964
9. Genus Rhipidocotyle Diesing, 1858
10. Genus Rhipidocotyloides Long & Lee, 1964
11. Genus Roparhynchus Gupta & Kumari, 1978
12. Genus Bucephaloides Hopkins, 1954 accepted as Prosorhynchoides Dollfus, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
13. Genus Bucephalopsis Diesing, 1855 accepted as Prosorhynchoides Dollfus, 1929 (synonym according to Bray, 1984; listed as synonym by Overstreet & Curran, 2002)
14. Genus Eubucephalus Diesing, 1855 accepted as Bucephalus von Baer, 1827 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
15. Genus Gasterostoma Monticelli, 1888 accepted as Gasterostomum von Siebold, 1848 accepted as Bucephalus von Baer, 1827 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
16. Genus Gasterostomum von Siebold, 1848 accepted as Bucephalus von Baer, 1827 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, Ruled to be a junior objective synonym of Bucephalus and placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology)
17. Genus Labratrema Maillard, 1975 accepted as Bucephalus von Baer, 1827 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
18. Genus Nannoenterum Ozaki, 1924 accepted as Rhipidocotyle Diesing, 1858 (synonym)
19. Genus Neobucephalopsis Dayal, 1948 accepted as Prosorhynchoides Dollfus, 1929 (listed as synonym by Overstreet & Curran, 2002)
20. Genus Parabucephalopsis Tang & Tang, 1963 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No description)
21. Genus Parabucephalopsis Tang & Tang, 1964 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No description)
22. Genus Pararhipidocotyle Kohn, 1970 accepted as Rhipidocotyle Diesing, 1858 (synonym)
Subfamily Bucephalopsinae Tendeiro, 1955
Subfamily Dolichoenterinae Yamaguti, 1958
1. Genus Dolichoenterum Ozaki, 1924
2. Genus Grammatorcynicola Bott & Cribb, 2005
3. Genus Pseudodolichoenterum Yamaguti, 1971
Subfamily Heterobucephalopsinae Nolan, Curran, Miller, Cutmore, Cantacessi & Cribb, 2015
1. Genus Heterobucephalopsis Gu & Shen, 1983
Subfamily Paurorhynchinae Dickerman, 1954
1. Genus Bellumcorpus Kohn, 1962
2. Genus Paurorhynchus Dickerman, 1954
3. Genus Rhoporhynchus Wang & Wang, 1998
4. Genus Sinicovothylax Yu, 1965
5. Genus Rhoporhynchus Wang, 1995 accepted as Rhoporhynchus Wang & Wang, 1998 (Unavailable name, in thesis)
Subfamily Prosorhynchinae Nicoll, 1914
1. Genus Dollfustrema Eckmann, 1934
2. Genus Muraenicola Nolan & Cribb, 2010
3. Genus Myorhynchus Durio & Manter, 1968
4. Genus Neidhartia Nagaty, 1937
5. Genus Neoprosorhynchus Dayal, 1948
6. Genus Prosorhynchus Odhner, 1905
7. Genus Pseudoprosorhynchus Yamaguti, 1938
8. Genus Skrjabiniella Issaitschikow, 1928
9. Genus Telorhynchus Crowcroft, 1947
10. Genus Chabaudtrema Kohn, 1970 accepted as Prosorhynchus Odhner, 1905 (Synonym)
11. Genus Dollfusina Eckmann, 1932 accepted as Dollfustrema Eckmann, 1934 (preoccupied)
12. Genus Folliculovarium Gu & Shen, 1983 accepted as Muraenicola Nolan & Cribb, 2010 (preoccupied by Folliculovarium Singh & Sinha, 1981)
13. Genus Gotonius Ozaki, 1924 accepted as Prosorhynchus Odhner, 1905 (synonym)
14. Genus Neodollfustrema Long & Lee, 1964 accepted as Dollfustrema Eckmann, 1934
15. Genus Paraprosorhynchus Kohn, 1967 accepted as Prosorhynchus Odhner, 1905 (synonym)
16. Genus Rudolphinus Stunkard, 1974 accepted as Prosorhynchus Odhner, 1905 (synonym)
17. Genus Telorhynchoides Lebedev, 1968 accepted as Telorhynchus Crowcroft, 1947 (synonym)
18. Genus Mordvilkovia Pigulewsky, 1931 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Subfamily Folliculovariinae Wang & Wang, 1998 accepted as Prosorhynchinae Nicoll, 1914 (synonym)
Subfamily Folliculovarinae Wang, 1995 accepted as Prosorhynchinae Nicoll, 1914 (synonym)
Subfamily Neidhartiinae Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Prosorhynchinae Nicoll, 1914 (synonym)
Subfamily Neoprosorhynchinae Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Prosorhynchinae Nicoll, 1914 (synonym)
Subfamily Provarinae Wang, 1995 accepted as Bucephalinae Poche, 1907 (listed as synonym in Overstreet & Curran, 2002)
Subfamily Telorhynchinae Lebedev, 1968 accepted as Prosorhynchinae Nicoll, 1914 (synonym)
Subfamily Macrorchirhynchinae Bilqees, Ibrahim, Khan, Ajazuddin & Talat, 2010 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Genus Macrorchirhynchus Bilqees, Ibrahim, Khan, Ajazuddin & Talat, 2010 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Genus Proopisthogyne Koche, 1976 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Trematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 31, 124–126.
page(s): 125 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Bucephalidae Poche, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108455 on 2025-03-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gibson, David

2010-04-26 13:13:54Z

changed

Cribb, Thomas

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Nomenclature

original description Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Trematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 31, 124–126.
page(s): 125 [details]

original description (of Prosorhynchidae Tendeiro, 1955) Tendeiro, J. (1955). Sobre um novo trematodeo digenetico, Dolichoenterum manteri n. sp., parasita do safio, Conger conger (L.) algumas consideracoes sobre a sistematica da subordem Gasterostomata Odhner 1905. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais. (2), 5, 19-43.
page(s): 35 [details]

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Kniskern, V. B. (1952). Studies on the Trematode Family Bucephalidae Poche, 1907: Part I. A Systematic Review of the Family Bucephalidae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 71(3): 253-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223375 [details] Available for editors

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Identification resource

identification resource Overstreet, R. M., Curran, S. S. (2002). Superfamily Bucephaloidea Poche, 1907. In Gibson, D. I., Jones, A., & Bray, R. A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 1. (pp. 67-110). Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum.
page(s): 97 [details]

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I.; Guschanskaja, L. H. (1962). Order Bucephalidida (Odening, 1960) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1962. Osnovy Trematodologii. 20: 166–559. (In Russian).
page(s): 183 [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Choudhary, K.; Verma, A. K.; Swaroop, S.; Agrawal, N. (2015). A review on the molecular characterization of digenean parasites using molecular markers with special reference to ITS region. Helminthologia. 52(3): 167-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0031 [details]