Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Hemiurata > Superfamily Hemiuroidea > Family Hirudinellidae

Botulus Guiart, 1938

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Botulus microporus (Monticelli, 1889) Gibson & Bray, 1977

Literature

original description	Guiart, J. (1938). Trématodes parasites provenant des Campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco (1886-1912). Résultats Campagnes Scient. Albert 1er Prince Monaco. 99: 1-84.
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	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.
identification resource	Skrjabin, K. I. (1960). Family Botulidae Guiart, 1938. Osnovy Trematodologii. 17: 38–41. (In Russian).
identification resource	Gibson D. I. (2002). Family Hirudinellidae Dollfus, 1932. In: Gibson, D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 1. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 375–378.
identification resource	Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 36: 35-146.