Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Echinostomata > Superfamily Echinostomatoidea > Family Himasthlidae > Genus Himasthla

Himasthla elongata (Mehlis, 1831) Dietz, 1909

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Himasthla*	Dietz, 1909	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Distoma elongata*	Mehlis, 1831	objective synonym
*Distoma elongatum*	Mehlis, 1831	synonym

Literature

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	Galaktionov, K. V.; Solovyeva, A. I.; Miroliubov, A. (2021). Elucidation of Himasthla leptosoma (Creplin, 1829) Dietz, 1909 (Digenea, Himasthlidae) life cycle with insights into species composition of the north Atlantic Himasthla associated with periwinkles Littorina spp. Parasitology Research.
additional source	Smogorzhevskaya, L.A. (1976). Helminths of diving and marsh birds of the fauna of the Ukraine. Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 415 pp. (In Russian).
additional source	Krupenko, D. Y.; Krapivin, V. A.; Gonchar, A. G. (2016). Muscle system in rediae and daughter sporocysts of several digeneans. Zoomorphology. 135 (4): 405–418.
redescription	Stunkard, H. W. (1960). Further studies on the trematode genus Himasthla with descriptions of H. mcintoshi n. sp., H. piscicola n. sp., and stages in the life-history of H. compacta n. sp. Biological Bulletin. 119 (3): 529–549.
redescription	Russell-Pinto, F.; Gonçalves, J. F.; Bowers, E. (2006). Digenean larvae parasitizing Cerastoderma edule (Bivalvia) and Nassarius reticulatus (Gastropoda) from Ria de Aveiro, Portugal. Journal of Parasitology. 92 (2): 319–332.
redescription	Loos-Frank, B. (1967). Experimentelle Untersuchungen uber Bau, Entwicklung und Systematik der Himasthinae (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae) des Nordseeraumes. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 28: 299–351.
redescription	Sonin, M. D. (1985). Key to identification of trematodes of piscivorous birds of the Palaearctic (Brachylaimida, Clinostomida, Cyclocoelida, Fasciolida, Notocotylida, Plagiorchida, Schistosomatida). Nauka, Moscow, 256 pp. (In Russian).
redescription	Gvozdev, E. V., Zhatkanbaeva, D. M., Belyakova, Y. V. (2006). Flatworms. Part 1. Trematodes Echinostomatates (Echinostomatata). Fauna of Kazakhstan. 26, Gylym, Almaty, 188 pp. (In Russian).
redescription	Skrjabin, K. I.; Baschkirova, E. Y. (1956). Family Echinostomatidae Dietz, 1909. Osnovy Trematodologii. 12: 50–930.
redescription	Ishkulov, D. G. (2001). On the taxonomic status of the trematode larvae of the genus Himasthla (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) from the intertidal whelk Littorina saxatilis living in the Kandalaksha Bay of White Sea. Parazitologiya. 35 (1): 81–85. (In Russian).
redescription	Greze, V. N., Delyamure, S. L. & Nikolaeva, V. M. (Eds.). (1975). Key to the parasites of vertebrates of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 551 pp. (In Russian).
redescription	Linton, E. (1928). Notes on trematode parasites of birds. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 73, 1–36.
redescription	Lühe, M. (1909). Parasitische Plattwürmer. I: Trematodes. Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands. 17, 1-217.
redescription	Dietz, E. (1910). Die Echinostomiden der Vögel. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Suppl. 12, 3: 265–512.
redescription	Werding, B. (1969). Morphologie, Entwicklung und Okologie digener Trematoden-Larven der Strandschnecke Littorina littorea. Marine Biology. 3 (4): 306–333.
redescription	Gaevskaya, A. V. (2014). Parasite, diseases and pests of mussels (Mytilus, Mytilidae). X. Trematoda. EKOSI-Gidrofizika, Sevastopol: 255 pp. (In Ukrainian).
redescription	Iskova, N. I. (1985). The fauna of the Ukraine. Trematodes: Echinostomatata. Fauna Ukrayiny. 34 (4): 1–197. (In Ukrainian).
new combination reference	Dietz, E. (1909). Die Echinostomiden der Vögel. Dissertation, Konigsberg, 37 pp.
biology source	de Montaudouin, X., I. Arzul, A. Cao, M.J. Carballal, B. Chollet, S. Correia, J. Cuesta, S. Culloty, G. Daffe, S. Darriba, S. Díaz, M. Engelsma, R. Freitas, C. Garcia, A. Goedknegt, P. Gonzalez, A. Grade, E. Groves, D. Iglesias, K.T. Jensen, S. Joaquim, S. Lynch, L. Magalhães, K. Mahony, F. Maia, S. Malham, D. Matias, A. Nowaczyk, F. Ruano, D. Thieltges & A. Villalba. (2021). Catalogue of parasites and diseases of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule. UA Editora, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. 130 pp.