WoRMS taxon details
Metorchis Looss, 1899
108621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108621)
accepted
Genus
- Species Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1790) Odening, 1962
- Species Metorchis coeruleus Braun, 1902
- Species Metorchis elegans Belogurov & Leonov, 1963
- Species Metorchis orientalis Tanabe, 1920
- Species Metorchis tener Kowalewsky, 1903
- Species Metorchis xanthosomus (Creplin, 1846) Braun, 1902
- Species Metorchis albidus (Braun, 1893) Looss, 1899 accepted as Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1790) Odening, 1962 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Metorchis pinguinicola Skrjabin, 1913 accepted as Metorchis xanthosomus (Creplin, 1846) Braun, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Metorchis progenetica Markowski, 1936 accepted as Bunocotyle progenetica (Markowski, 1936) Chabaud & Buttner, 1959 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
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): 564 [details]
page(s): 564 [details]
WoRMS (2025). Metorchis Looss, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108621 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
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): 564 [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]
page(s): 564 [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
Tatonova, Y. V.; Besprozvannykh, V. V. (2019). Description of a new species, Cryptocotyle lata sp. nov., and discussion of the phylogenetic relationships in Opisthorchioidea. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 101939., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2019.101939 [details]
taxonomy source Solodovnik, D. A.; Tatonova, Y. V.; Besprozvannykh, V. V. (2023). Morpho-Molecular Features and Phylogenetic Relationships of Metorchis butoridi Oschmarin, 1963 (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) from East Asia. <em>Animals.</em> 14(1): 124., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14010124 [details]
redescription Solodovnik, D. A.; Tatonova, Y. V.; Besprozvannykh, V. V. (2023). Morpho-Molecular Features and Phylogenetic Relationships of Metorchis butoridi Oschmarin, 1963 (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) from East Asia. <em>Animals.</em> 14(1): 124., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14010124 [details]
taxonomy source Solodovnik, D. A.; Tatonova, Y. V.; Besprozvannykh, V. V. (2023). Morpho-Molecular Features and Phylogenetic Relationships of Metorchis butoridi Oschmarin, 1963 (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) from East Asia. <em>Animals.</em> 14(1): 124., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14010124 [details]
redescription Solodovnik, D. A.; Tatonova, Y. V.; Besprozvannykh, V. V. (2023). Morpho-Molecular Features and Phylogenetic Relationships of Metorchis butoridi Oschmarin, 1963 (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) from East Asia. <em>Animals.</em> 14(1): 124., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14010124 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Skrjabin, K. I.; Petrov, A. M. (1950). Superfamily Opisthorchoidea Faust, 1929. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 4: 81–328. (In Russian).
page(s): 205 [details]
identification resource Scholz, T. (2008). Family Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 9–49.
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 205 [details]
identification resource Scholz, T. (2008). Family Opisthorchiidae Looss, 1899. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 3.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 9–49.
page(s): 41 [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
additional source Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
