WoRMS taxon details
Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993
344845 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344845)
accepted
Genus
Neolepidapedon opisthobifurcatus Zdzitowiecki, 1990 accepted as Postlepidapedon opisthobifurcatum (Zdzitowiecki, 1990) Zdzitowiecki, 1993 (type by original designation)
- Species Postlepidapedon opisthobifurcatum (Zdzitowiecki, 1990) Zdzitowiecki, 1993
- Species Postlepidapedon quintum Bray & Cribb, 2001
- Species Postlepidapedon philippinense Machida, 2004 accepted as Doorochen philippinense (Machida, 2004) Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2022 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Postlepidapedon secundum (Durio & Manter, 1968) Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997 accepted as Doorochen secundum (Durio & Manter, 1968) Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2022 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Postlepidapedon spissum Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997 accepted as Doorochen spissum (Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997) Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2022 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Postlepidapedon uberis Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997 accepted as Doorochen uberis (Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997) Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2022 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
neuter
Zdzitowiecki, K. (1993). A contribution to the morphology of the Antarctic fish lepocreadiid digeneans, with the description of a new genus. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> 38 (3), 109-112.
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
Zdzitowiecki, K. (1993). A contribution to the morphology of the Antarctic fish lepocreadiid digeneans, with the description of a new genus. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> 38 (3), 109-112.
page(s): 110 [details]
basis of record Zdzitowiecki, K. (1997). Antarctic Digenea, parasites of fishes. <em>Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 156.</em> [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 110 [details]
basis of record Zdzitowiecki, K. (1997). Antarctic Digenea, parasites of fishes. <em>Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 156.</em> [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bray, R. A.; Cutmore, S. C.; Cribb, T. H. (2023). Proposal of a new genus, Doorochen (Digenea: Lepocreadioidea), for reef-inhabiting members of the genus Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 93: 102710., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2022.102710 [details]
redescription Bray, R. A.; Cutmore, S. C.; Cribb, T. H. (2023). Proposal of a new genus, Doorochen (Digenea: Lepocreadioidea), for reef-inhabiting members of the genus Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 93: 102710., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2022.102710 [details]
redescription Bray, R. A.; Cutmore, S. C.; Cribb, T. H. (2023). Proposal of a new genus, Doorochen (Digenea: Lepocreadioidea), for reef-inhabiting members of the genus Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 93: 102710., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2022.102710 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Bray, R. A. (2005). Family Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905. In: Jones, A., Bray,. R.A., Gibson, D.I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.</em> CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum, Wallingford, 545–602.
page(s): 585 [details]
page(s): 585 [details]
Other
additional source
Bray, R. A.; Cribb, T. H.; Barker, S. C. (1997). Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993 and Gibsonivermis n. g. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and their relationship to Intusatrium Durio & Manter, 1968. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 36(2): 143-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005729703302
page(s): 144; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
page(s): 144; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
