Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Microphalloidea > Family Zoogonidae > Subfamily Zoogoninae > Genus Diphterostomum

Diphterostomum betencourti (Monticelli, 1893) Odhner, 1911

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diphterostomum*	Stossich, 1904	accepted genus name
*Diphtherostomum*	Stafford, 1905	synonym
*Zoonogenus*	Nicoll, 1912	synonym

Species group names

*Diphterostomum luteum*	(Van Beneden, 1870)	synonym
*Distomum betencourti*	Monticelli, 1893	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	Radujkovic, B.; Sundic, D. (2014). Parasitic flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda) of fishes from the Adriatic Sea. Natura Montenegrina. 13 (1):7–280.
additional source	Dawes, B. (1947). The Trematoda of British Fishes. Ray Society, London. 364 pp.
redescription	Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. (1986). The Zoogonidae (Digenea) of fishes from the north-east Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology Series). 51, 127–206.
redescription	Bray, R. A.; Moore, A. B. M. (2000). The first record of the elasmobranch parasite Diphterostomum betencourti (Monticelli, 1893) (Digenea: Zoogonidae) in the coastal waters of southern England. Acta Parasitologica. 45: 299-302.
redescription	Skrjabin, K. I. (1957). Superfamily Zoogonoidea Skrjabin, 1957. Osnovy Trematodologii. 13: 5-162.
redescription	Odhner, T. (1911). Zum naturlichen System der digenen Trematoden. II. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 37: 237-253.
new combination reference	Odhner, T. (1911). Zum naturlichen System der digenen Trematoden. II. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 37: 237-253.