Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic trematode worms in the order Diplostomida. It Is the sole genus in the family Leucochloridiidae.[2] 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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Diplostomida |
| Suborder: | Diplostomata |
| Superfamily: | Brachylaimoidea |
| Family: | Leucochloridiidae Poche, 1907[1] |
| Genus: | Leucochloridium Carus, 1835 |
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Taxonomy
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editSpecies in the genus Leucochloridium include:
- Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800) now in genus Urogonimus[3]
- Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948 is a junior synonym of L. variae[4]
- L. fuscum Rietschel, 1970 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum[5]
- Leucochloridium heckerti Kagan, 1951 is a junior synonym of L. paradoxum[6]
- Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Leucochloridium macrostomum (Rudolphi, 1803) is now in the genus Urogonimus, but the name was widely misapplied to L. paradoxum[3]
- Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
- Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmańska, 1969 sometimes considered a synonym of L. variae[4][7]
- Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
- Leucochloridium sime Yamaguti, 1935 is likely a synonym of L. perturbatum.[7]
- L. subtilis Pojmańska, 1969 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum[5]
- Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932
- Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Trematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 31, 124–126.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Kagan, I.G. (1952). "Revision of the Subfamily Leucochloridiinae Poche, 1907 (Trematoda: Brachylaemidae)". American Midland Naturalist. 48 (2): 257–301. doi:10.2307/2422256. JSTOR 2422256.
- ^ a b Bakke, T.A. (1982). "The Morphology and Taxonomy of Leucochloridium (L.) variae Mclntosh (Digenea, Leucochloridiidae) from the Nearctic as Revealed by Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy". Zoologica Scripta. 11 (2): 87–100. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00521.x. S2CID 84501594.
- ^ a b Bakke, T.A. (1978). "Intraspecific variation of adult Leucochloridium sp. (Digenea) from natural and experimental infections". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 56 (1): 94–102. doi:10.1139/z78-013. PMID 630476.
- ^ Bakke, T. A. (April 1980). "A revision of the family Leucochloridiidae Poche (Digenea) and studies on the morphology of Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835". Systematic Parasitology. 1 (3–4): 189–202. doi:10.1007/BF00009845. S2CID 35319619.
- ^ a b Nakao, M.; Sasaki, M.; Waki, T.; Iwaki, T.; Morii, Y.; Yanagida, K.; Watanabe, M.; Tsuchitani, Y.; Saito, T.; Asakawa, M. (2019). "Distribution records of three species of Leucochloridium (Trematoda: Leucochloridiidae) in Japan, with comments on their microtaxonomy and ecology". Parasitology International. 72: 101936. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2019.101936. PMID 31153919. S2CID 173994806.
External links
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