Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Plagiorchioidea > Family Plagiorchiidae > Genus Plagiorchis

Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Fasciola Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Plagiorchis*	Lühe, 1899	accepted genus name
*Cercolecithos*	Perkins, 1928	generic synonym
*Lecithopyge*	auct.	generic synonym
*Lepoderma*	Looss, 1899	generic synonym
*Metaplagiorchis*	Timofeeva, 1962	generic synonym
*Opisthioglyphe*	auct.	generic synonym
*Rubenstrema*	auct.	generic synonym
*Skrjabinoplagiorchis*	auct.	generic synonym
*Symmetritesticula*	Krasnolobova, 1977	generic synonym
*Lecithopyge*	auct.	misapplied name
*Opisthioglyphe*	auct.	misapplied name
*Rubenstrema*	auct.	misapplied name
*Skrjabinoplagiorchis*	auct.	misapplied name

Species group names

*Fasciola elegans*	Rudolphi, 1802	objective synonym
*Fasciola cirratus*	Rudolphi, 1802	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis loossi*	Massino, 1927	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis notabilis*	Nicoll, 1909	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis potanini*	Skrjabin, 1928	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis raabei*	Furmaga, 1956	subjective synonym
*Plagiorchis stefanskii*	Furmaga, 1956	subjective 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

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Gibson, D. (2014). Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802). 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:109092

Dr David Gibson. Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=390905