Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Microphalloidea > Family Microphallidae > Genus Microphallus

Microphallus pygmaeus (Levinsen, 1881)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Distoma

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microphallus*	Ward, 1901	accepted genus name
*Bulbovitellus*	Yamaguti, 1971	generic synonym
*Spelophallus*	Jagerskiold, 1908	generic synonym
*Spelotrema*	Jagerskiold, 1901	generic synonym
*Spelotrema*		synonym

Species group names

*Distoma pygmaeus*	Levinsen, 1881	objective 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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (7 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Barcode of Life
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Gibson, D. (2014). Microphallus pygmaeus (Levinsen, 1881). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109018

Dr David Gibson. Microphallus pygmaeus (Levinsen, 1881). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=390588