Leucochloridium
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Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic trematode worms in the order Diplostomida. It Is the sole genus in the family Leucochloridiidae.[1] Members of this genus cause pulsating swellings in the eye-stalks of snails (a phenomenon colloquially called a zombie snail), so as to attract the attention of predatory birds required in the parasites' lifecycle.
Taxonomy
Species
Species in the genus Leucochloridium include:
- Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800) now in genus Urogonimus[2]
- Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948 is a junior synonym of L. variae[3]
- L. fuscum Rietschel, 1970 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum[4]
- Leucochloridium heckerti Kagan, 1951 is a junior synonym of L. paradoxum[5]
- Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Leucochloridium macrostomum (Rudolphi, 1803) is now in the genus Urogonimus, but the name was widely misapplied to L. paradoxum[2]
- Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
- Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmańska, 1969 sometimes considered a synonym of L. variae[3][6]
- Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
- Leucochloridium sime Yamaguti, 1935 is likely a synonym of L. perturbatum.[6]
- L. subtilis Pojmańska, 1969 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum[4]
- Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932
- Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881
See also
References
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- ↑ Carus, C. G. (1835). Beobachtung über einen merkwürdigen schöngefärbten Eingeweidewurm, Leucochloridium paradoxum mihi, und dessen parasitische Erzeugung in einer Landschnecke, Succinea amphibia Drap. Helix putris Linn. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 17(7), 85–100.
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