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Mesorchis Dietz, 1909

108486  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108486)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Trematoda (Class)
  7. Digenea (Subclass)
  8. Plagiorchiida (Order)
  9. Echinostomata (Suborder)
  10. Echinostomatoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Echinochasmidae (Family)
  12. Mesorchis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Aequistoma Beaver, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Beaverostomum Gupta, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudechinostomum Shchupakov, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Pre-occupied)

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  1. Species Mesorchis acridotherei Wang, 1976
  2. Species Mesorchis amurensis (Tatonova, Izrailskaia & Besprozvannykh, 2020) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  3. Species Mesorchis aylacostoma (Ostrowski de Núñez & Quintana, 2008) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  4. Species Mesorchis chasanensis (Besprozvannykh, Rozhkovan & Ermolenko, 2016) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  5. Species Mesorchis conciliatus Dietz, 1909
  6. Species Mesorchis denticulatus (Rudolphi, 1802) Dietz, 1909
  7. Species Mesorchis dogieli (Holcman-Spector & Olagüe, 1989) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  8. Species Mesorchis elongatus (Gupta & Jahan, 1979) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  9. Species Mesorchis fusca (Lal, 1939) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  10. Species Mesorchis gigantica (Gupta, 1963) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  11. Species Mesorchis gracilis (Mendheim, 1940) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  12. Species Mesorchis jacaretinga (Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  13. Species Mesorchis magniovatus (Yamaguti, 1939) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  14. Species Mesorchis microtestius Kurova, 1927
  15. Species Mesorchis nattereri (Ostrowski de Núñez, 2003) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  16. Species Mesorchis nigerica (Gupta, 1963) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  17. Species Mesorchis pandei (Nath, 1973) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  18. Species Mesorchis paradenticulatus (Nasir & Rodriguez, 1969) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  19. Species Mesorchis pendulus (Looss, 1899) Dietz, 1909
  20. Species Mesorchis pennanti Verma, 1936
  21. Species Mesorchis polycestus Dietz, 1909
  22. Species Mesorchis pseudodenticulatus (Mendheim, 1940) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  23. Species Mesorchis pseudoechinatus (Olsson, 1876) Dietz, 1909
  24. Species Mesorchis skrjabini Dotsenko in Skrjabin & Baschkirova, 1956
  25. Species Mesorchis tringae Wang, 1976
  26. Species Mesorchis uruguayensis (Holcman-Spector & Olagüe, 1989) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025
  27. Species Mesorchis advena (Shchupakov, 1936) Kurochkin, 1959 accepted as Stephanoprora advena (Shchupakov, 1936) Eslami & KIani, 2009 (Superseded combination)
  28. Species Mesorchis anomala (Travassos, 1922) Baschkirova, 1947 accepted as Stephanoprora anomala Travassos, 1922 (Superseded combination)
  29. Species Mesorchis bitamarae Krasnolobova & Sergeeva, 1964 accepted as Bashkirovitrema skrjabini Krasnolobova & Sergeeva, 1964 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  30. Species Mesorchis camponica (Nasir & Diaz, 1971) accepted as Mesorchis jacaretinga (Teixeira de Freitas & Lent, 1938) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Species Mesorchis denticulatoides Issaitschikov, 1925 accepted as Stephanoprora denticulatoides (Issaitschikov, 1925) Beaver, 1937 accepted as Stephanoprora polycestus (Dietz, 1909) Beaver, 1937 accepted as Mesorchis polycestus Dietz, 1909 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Mesorchis iliensis Gvozdev, 1962 accepted as Stephanoprora iliensis (Gvozdev, 1962) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  33. Species Mesorchis kasachi Baschkirova, 1941 accepted as Stephanoprora kasachi (Baschkirova, 1941) Yamaguti, 1958 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Species Mesorchis mahendrai Garg, 1965 accepted as Stephanoprora mahendrai (Garg, 1965) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  35. Species Mesorchis mergi (Cannon, 1939) Skrjabin & Baschkirova, 1956 accepted as Echinochasmus mergi (Cannon, 1939) Odening, 1963 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  36. Species Mesorchis ozakii Asada, 1926 accepted as Stephanoprora ozakii (Asada, 1927) Beaver, 1937 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Mesorchis podicipei (Etchegoin & Martorelli, 1997) accepted as Mesorchis uruguayensis (Holcman-Spector & Olagüe, 1989) Cajiao-Mora & Bullard in Cajiao-Mora, Dutton, Jacobs, Beytell, Netherlands, Du Preez & Bullard, 2025 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Mesorchis pseudodenticulatus (Mendheim, 1940) Skrjabin & Baschkirova, 1956 accepted as Stephanoprora pseudodenticulata Mendheim, 1940 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  39. Species Mesorchis reynoldi (Bhalerao, 1926) Skrjabin & Baschkirova, 1956 accepted as Stephanoprora polycestus (Dietz, 1909) Beaver, 1937 accepted as Mesorchis polycestus Dietz, 1909 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Mesorchis singularis Lutz, 1924 accepted as Stephanoprora singularis (Lutz, 1924) Beaver, 1937 accepted as Echinoparyphium singularis (Lutz, 1924) Kohn & Fernandes, 1976 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, terrestrial
masculine
Dietz, E. (1909). Die Echinostomiden der Vogel. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 34: 180–192. [details] 
WoRMS (2025). Mesorchis Dietz, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108486 on 2025-03-31
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Gibson, David
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Gibson, David
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Bray, Rod
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Nomenclature

original description Dietz, E. (1909). Die Echinostomiden der Vogel. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 34: 180–192. [details] 

original description (of Aequistoma Beaver, 1942) Beaver, P. C. (1942). Aequistoma, nom. nov. for Pseudechinostomum Shchupakov, 1936, preoccupied by Pseudechinostomum Odhner, 1911. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 9: 31.
page(s): 31 [details] 

original description (of Pseudechinostomum Shchupakov, 1936) Shchupakov, I. G. (1936). Parasitic fauna of the Caspian seal. <em>Uchen. Zapiski Leningrad. Gosudarstv. Univ. Bubnov.</em> (7), s. Biol. (3): 134–143. (In Russian).
page(s): 137 [details] 

original description (of Beaverostomum Gupta, 1963) Gupta, R. (1963). On Stephanoprora nigerica sp. nov., with a brief review of the genus Stephanoprora Odhner1902 (Trematoda : Echinostomatidae). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 170: 117–130.
note: nom, nov. pro Stephanoprora polycestus (Dietz, 1909) Odhner, 1911 of Beaver (1936) [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] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Dietz, E. (1910). Die Echinostomiden der Vögel. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher.</em> Suppl. 12, 3: 265–512.
page(s): 450 [details] 

taxonomy source Cajiao-Mora, K.; Dutton, H.; Jacobs, F.; Beytell, P.; Netherlands, E.; DuPreez, L.; Bullard, S. (2025). Supplemental description of <i>Stephanoprora ornata</i> Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Echinochasmidae) infecting the Nile crocodile, <i>Crocodylus niloticus</i> (Crocodylidae) from Namibia with emendation of <i>Mesorchis</i> Dietz, 1909 and a phylogenetic analysis. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x25000100 [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Baschkirova, E. J. (1947). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 1: 310–391. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 370 [details] 

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I.; Baschkirova, E. Y. (1956). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 12: 50–930.
page(s): 701 [details] 

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesorchis) 

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