WoRMS taxon details
Azygiidae Lühe, 1909
Aphanhysteridae Guiart, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subfamily Azygiinae Lühe, 1909
- Genus Azygia Looss, 1899
- Genus Otodistomum Stafford, 1904
- Genus Proterometra Horsfall, 1934
- Genus Aphanhystera Guiart, 1938 accepted as Otodistomum Stafford, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Josstaffordia Odhner, 1911 accepted as Otodistomum Stafford, 1904 (synonym)
- Genus Xenodistomum Stafford, 1904 accepted as Otodistomum Stafford, 1904 (synonym)
- Subfamily Aphanhysterinae Guiart, 1938 accepted as Azygiinae Lühe, 1909 (synonym)
- Subfamily Gomtiotrematinae Gupta, 1955 accepted as Azygiinae Lühe, 1909 (synonym)
- Subfamily Proterometrinae Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Azygiinae Lühe, 1909 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Lühe, M. (1909). Parasitische Plattwürmer. I: Trematodes. <em>Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 17, 1-217.
page(s): 49; note: as subfamily [details]
page(s): 49; note: as subfamily [details]
WoRMS (2024). Azygiidae Lühe, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108467 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Lühe, M. (1909). Parasitische Plattwürmer. I: Trematodes. <em>Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands.</em> 17, 1-217.
page(s): 49; note: as subfamily [details]
original description (of Aphanhysteridae Guiart, 1938) Guiart, J. (1938). Trématodes parasites provenant des Campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco (1886-1912). <em>Résultats Campagnes Scient. Albert 1er Prince Monaco.</em> 99: 1-84.
page(s): 4, 20,.25; note: as subfamily [details]
taxonomy source Manter, H. W. (1926). Some North American fish trematodes. <em>Illinois Biological Monographs.</em> 10, 7-138.
page(s): 54 [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]
additional source Gibson, D. I. & Bray, R. A. 1977. The Azygiidae, Hirudinellidae, Ptychogonimidae, Sclerodistomidae and Syncoeliidae of fishes from the north-east Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology) 32: 167–245. [details]
redescription Truong, N. T.; Dutton, H. R.; Netherlands, E. C.; Du Preez, L. H.;Jacobs, F. J.; Bullard, S. A. (2024). First Azygiid Reported from Africa or a Characiform Fish: Plenivitellinum kifi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Azygiidae) Infecting the Gut of African Tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861 (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kavango River. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-024-00872-5 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 60 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1958). Suborder Azygiata La Rue, 1957. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 14, 667-819. (In Russian).
page(s): 671 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I. (2002). Superfamily Azygioidea Lühe, 1909. In: Gibson, D.I., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. [Eds]. <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International. pp. 19–24.
page(s): 20 [details]
page(s): 49; note: as subfamily [details]
original description (of Aphanhysteridae Guiart, 1938) Guiart, J. (1938). Trématodes parasites provenant des Campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco (1886-1912). <em>Résultats Campagnes Scient. Albert 1er Prince Monaco.</em> 99: 1-84.
page(s): 4, 20,.25; note: as subfamily [details]
taxonomy source Manter, H. W. (1926). Some North American fish trematodes. <em>Illinois Biological Monographs.</em> 10, 7-138.
page(s): 54 [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]
additional source Gibson, D. I. & Bray, R. A. 1977. The Azygiidae, Hirudinellidae, Ptychogonimidae, Sclerodistomidae and Syncoeliidae of fishes from the north-east Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology) 32: 167–245. [details]
redescription Truong, N. T.; Dutton, H. R.; Netherlands, E. C.; Du Preez, L. H.;Jacobs, F. J.; Bullard, S. A. (2024). First Azygiid Reported from Africa or a Characiform Fish: Plenivitellinum kifi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Azygiidae) Infecting the Gut of African Tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus Castelnau, 1861 (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kavango River. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-024-00872-5 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 60 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1958). Suborder Azygiata La Rue, 1957. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 14, 667-819. (In Russian).
page(s): 671 [details]
identification resource Gibson, D. I. (2002). Superfamily Azygioidea Lühe, 1909. In: Gibson, D.I., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. [Eds]. <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International. pp. 19–24.
page(s): 20 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
