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Lecithaster Lühe, 1901

108771  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108771)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Trematoda (Class)
  7. Digenea (Subclass)
  8. Plagiorchiida (Order)
  9. Hemiurata (Suborder)
  10. Hemiuroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Lecithasteridae (Family)
  12. Lecithasterinae (Subfamily)
  13. Lecithaster (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905 (type by subsequent designation)
Anadichadena Dutta, 1995 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leptosoma Stafford, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Lecithaster africanus Fischthal & Thomas, 1971
  2. Species Lecithaster atherinae Orecchia, Paggi & Radujkovic, 1988
  3. Species Lecithaster atropi Shen, 1987
  4. Species Lecithaster blennii Paggi & Orecchia, 1973
  5. Species Lecithaster bombayensis Ahmad, 1983
  6. Species Lecithaster chrysophrysi Gupta & Ahmad, 1976
  7. Species Lecithaster clupanodonae Liu, 1995
  8. Species Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905
  9. Species Lecithaster extralobus Srivastava, 1935
  10. Species Lecithaster falcatus Amato, 1983
  11. Species Lecithaster fusiformis Wang, 1991
  12. Species Lecithaster ghanensis Fischthal & Thomas, 1971
  13. Species Lecithaster indicus Srivastava, 1935
  14. Species Lecithaster maeoticus Naidenova, 1974
  15. Species Lecithaster mugilis Yamaguti, 1970
  16. Species Lecithaster sayori Yamaguti, 1938
  17. Species Lecithaster setipinnae Qiu & Liang in Shen & Qiu, 1995
  18. Species Lecithaster stellatus Looss, 1907
  19. Species Lecithaster sudzuhensis Besprozvannykh, Atopkin, Ngo, Ermolenko, Van Ha, Van Tang & Beloded, 2016
  20. Species Lecithaster tauricus Pigulewsky, 1938
  21. Species Lecithaster testilobatus Manter, 1969
  22. Species Lecithaster xiamenensis Liu, 1995
  23. Species Lecithaster acutus (Linton, 1910) Manter, 1947 accepted as Dichadena acuta Linton, 1910 (Superseded combination)
  24. Species Lecithaster allocytti Tkachuk, 1979 accepted as Trifoliovarium allocytti (Tkachuk, 1979) Bray & Kuchta, 2006 (synonym)
  25. Species Lecithaster anisotremi MacCallum, 1921 accepted as Lecithophyllum anisotremi (MacCallum, 1921) Yamaguti, 1971 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Lecithaster australis Prudhoe & Bray, 1973 accepted as Lecithaster macrocotyle Szidat & Graefe, 1967 accepted as Opistholecithum macrocotyle (Szidat & Graefe, 1967) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Zdzitowiecki (1992))
  27. Species Lecithaster bothryophorus (Olsson) Lühe, 1901 accepted as Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905 (Renamed confusus)
  28. Species Lecithaster drepanei Madhavi, 2011 accepted as Lecithaster indicus Srivastava, 1935 (Nomen nudum.; apparently an error; attributed to Hafeezullah (1990) but Lecithaster indicus is listed in the latter paper. )
  29. Species Lecithaster galeatus Looss, 1907 accepted as Aponurus galeatus (Looss, 1907) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  30. Species Lecithaster gibbosus (Rudolphi, 1802) Lühe, 1901 accepted as Opistholecithum gibbosum (Rudolphi, 1802) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Lecithaster helodes Overstreet, 1973 accepted as Opistholecithum helodes (Overstreet, 1973) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Lecithaster intermedius Szidat, 1954 accepted as Opistholecithum intermedium (Szidat, 1954) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  33. Species Lecithaster leiostomi Overstreet, 1970 accepted as Opistholecithum leiostomi (Overstreet, 1970) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Species Lecithaster lindbergi Layman, 1930 accepted as Lecithurus lindbergi (Layman, 1930) Pigulewsky, 1938 accepted as Tubulovesicula lindbergi (Layman, 1930) Yamaguti, 1934 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  35. Species Lecithaster macrocotyle Szidat & Graefe, 1967 accepted as Opistholecithum macrocotyle (Szidat & Graefe, 1967) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  36. Species Lecithaster maeoticus Naidenova, 1970 accepted as Opistholecithum maeoticum (Naidenova, 1974) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  37. Species Lecithaster micropsi Zdzitowiecki, 1992 accepted as Opistholecithum micropsi (Zdzitowiecki, 1992) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  38. Species Lecithaster minimus Martin & Multani, 1970 accepted as Opistholecithum minimum (Martin & Multani, 1970) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  39. Species Lecithaster musteli Srivastava, 1966 accepted as Lecithaster confusus Odhner, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, acc. to Overstreet (1970))
  40. Species Lecithaster pacificum Figueroa & Puga, 1991 accepted as Lecithaster pacificus Figueroa & Puga, 1991 accepted as Opistholecithum pacificum Figueroa & Puga, 1991) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  41. Species Lecithaster pacificus Figueroa & Puga, 1991 accepted as Opistholecithum pacificum Figueroa & Puga, 1991) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  42. Species Lecithaster salmonis Yamaguti, 1934 accepted as Opistholecithum salmonis (Yamaguti, 1934) Vainutis & Voronova, 2025 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  43. Species Lecithaster trilobatus Yamaguti, 1971 accepted as Lecithaster testilobatus Manter, 1969 (lapsus for testilobatus)
  44. Species Lecithaster tylosuri Li, Qiu, Chen & Liang, 1989 accepted as Lecithaster sayori Yamaguti, 1938 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  45. Species Lecithaster binoyi (Dutta, 1995) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish
masculine
Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 479 [details] 
Type locality contained in Chilka Lake  
type locality contained in Chilka Lake [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
, Note Although Lühe (1901) designated Lecithaster...  
Type species Although Lühe (1901) designated Lecithaster bothryophorus (Olss.) as the type-species. This was based on Looss' (1899) misidentifcation (and mis-spelling) of Distoma botryophoron Olsson, 1868 (as Hemiurus bothryophorus), which was later made the type-species of Lecithophyllum. Odhner (1911) aptly renamed the Looss/Lühe conception as Lecithaster confusus. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Lecithaster Lühe, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108771 on 2025-04-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, David
2006-09-13 06:47:38Z
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Martinez, Olga
2013-10-10 07:45:05Z
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Gibson, David
2018-12-24 08:53:09Z
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Bray, Rod
2019-02-23 14:30:42Z
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Gibson, David
2019-02-24 11:02:11Z
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Gibson, David

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Nomenclature

original description Lühe, M. (1901). Ueber Hemiuriden. (Ein Beitrag zur Systematik der digenetischen Trematoden). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 24, 394-403, 473-488.
page(s): 479 [details] 

original description (of Anadichadena Dutta, 1995) Dutta, I. B. (1995). Platyhelminthes: Trematoda: Digenea. <em>Wetland Ecosystem Series 1: Fauna of Chilka Lake. ZooI. Surv. India.</em> 235-277.
page(s): 258 [details] 

original description (of Leptosoma Stafford, 1904) Stafford, J. (1904). Trematodes from Canadian fishes. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 27: 481–495.
page(s): 484 [details] 

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Atopkin, D.; Nakao, M.; Besprozvannykh, V.; Ha, N.; Nguyen, H.; Sasaki, M. (2020). Morphological and molecular data for species of Lecithaster Lühe, 1901 and Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae) from fish of East Asia and phylogenetic relationships within the Hemiuroidea Looss, 1899. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x18001049 [details] 

taxonomy source Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. <em>Fauna Arctica.</em> 4: 289-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12102201
page(s): 359 [details] 

redescription Vainutis, K. S.; Voronova, A. N. (2025). New insights in the systematics of the Hemiuroidea (Digenea: Hemiurata) based on the integrative taxonomy approach. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 102:17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-024-10209-5 [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1954). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. First part. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 9, 225–653. (In Russian).
page(s): 512 [details] 

identification resource Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 51 (2): 289–393.
page(s): 340 [details] 

identification resource Gibson, D. I. (2002). Family Lecithasteridae Odhner, 1905. In: Gibson, D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. [Eds]. <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 381–396.
page(s): 384 [details] 

identification resource Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 102 [details] 

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Looss, A. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Distomenfamilie Hemiuridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 31, 585–620.
page(s): 606; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] 

 
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Type species Although Lühe (1901) designated Lecithaster bothryophorus (Olss.) as the type-species. This was based on Looss' (1899) misidentifcation (and mis-spelling) of Distoma botryophoron Olsson, 1868 (as Hemiurus bothryophorus), which was later made the type-species of Lecithophyllum. Odhner (1911) aptly renamed the Looss/Lühe conception as Lecithaster confusus. [details]
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