Leucochloridium

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.

Leucochloridium
Leucochloridium paradoxum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Trematoda
Order:
Diplostomida
Family:
Leucochloridiidae

Poche, 1907[1]
Genus:
Leucochloridium

Carus, 1835
Species

See text

Taxonomy

Species

Species in the genus Leucochloridium include:

  • Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800)
  • Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948
  • Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
  • Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
  • Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmanska, 1969
  • Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
  • Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932
  • Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881

Synonyms
  • Leucochloridium macrostomum is a synonym for Urogonimus macrostomus (Rudolphi, 1802)

See also

References
  1. Poche, F. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Trematoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 31, 124–126.
  2. 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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