Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Lepocreadiata > Superfamily Lepocreadioidea > Family Lepidapedidae

Paralepidapedon Shimazu & Shimura, 1984

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Paralepidapedon williamsi Bray & Gibson, 1988

Literature

original description	Shimazu, T., Shimura, S. (1984). Paralepidapedon g. n. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae), with descriptions of metacercariae of Paralepidapedon hoplognathi (Yamaguti, 1938) comb. n. and of two other species from sea urchins. Zoological Science. 1, 809-817.
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
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I. (1988). The Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of fishes from the north-east Atlantic: review of the genus Paralepidapedon Shimazu & Shimura, 1984, with a description of P. williamsi n. sp. Systematic Parasitology. 12(2): 87-92.
identification resource	Zdzitowiecki, K. (1997). Antarctic Digenea, parasites of fishes. Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 156.
identification resource	Bray, R. A. (2005). Family Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905. In: Jones, A., Bray,. R.A., Gibson, D.I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, Wallingford, 545–602.