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

Echeneidocoelium indicum Simha & Pershad, 1964

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echeneidocoelium*	Simha & Pershad, 1964	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Simha, S. S., Pershad, R. S. (1964). Echeneidocoelium indicum n.gen., n.sp. (Trematoda) from the sucker fish, Echeneis remora, from Vishakapatnam (A.P.) India. Rivista di Parassitologia. 25, 21-24.
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	Lakshmi, V. V., Rao, K. H. (1978). Observations on the structure and histology of the gut in some digenetic trematodes. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 56, 55–61.
additional source	Bray, R.; Justine, J.-L. (2012). A review of the Lepocreadiidae (Digenea, Lepocreadioidea) from fishes of the waters around New Caledonia. Acta Parasitologica. 57(3), 247-272.
additional source	Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 49 pp.
redescription	Madhavi, R., Bray, R. A. (2018). Digenetic Trematodes of Indian Marine Fishes. Springer, Dordrecht, 693 pp.
redescription	Bray, R. A., Cribb, T. H. (1998). Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of Australian coastal fishes: new species of Opechona Looss, 1907, Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932 and Bianium Stunkard, 1930 and comments on other species reported for the first time or poorly known in Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology. 41(2): 123-148.
redescription	Madhavi, R. (1970). Redescription and systematic position of Echeneidocoelium indicum Simha and Pershad, 1964 (Trematoda: Digenea) from the Sucker Fish Echeneis naucrates. Journal of Parasitology. 56 (2): 317–320.